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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) Sir Philip Sidney

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) By Sir Philip Sidney

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) by Sir Philip Sidney


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Tells a romantic story in a manner comparable to that of Shakespeare's early comedies. This work is divided into five 'Acts', and abounds in speeches, dialogues, and quasi-dramatic tableaux. As a vehicle for Sidney's prophetic ideas about English versification, it also includes over seventy poems in a variety of metres and genres.

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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) Summary

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) by Sir Philip Sidney

Philip Sidney was in his early twenties when he wrote his 'Old' Arcadia for the amusement of his younger sister, the Countess of Pembroke. The book, which he called 'a trifle, and that triflingly handled', reflects their youthful vitality. The 'Old' Arcadia tells a romantic story in a manner comparable to that of Shakespeare's early comedies. It is divided into five 'Acts', and abounds in lively speeches, dialogues, and quasi-dramatic tableaux. Two young princes, Pyrocles and Musidorus, disguise themselves as an Amazon and a shepherd to gain access to the Arcadian Princesses, who have been taken into semi-imprisonment by their father to avoid the dangers foretold by an oracle. As a vehicle for Sidney's prophetic ideas about English versification, the 'Old' Arcadia also includes over seventy poems in a wide variety of metres and genres. In clarity, symmetry, and coherence the 'Old' version is greatly superior both to the ambitious but unfinished 'New' Arcadia and the amalgamated, 'composite' version, a hybrid monster which Sidney himself never envisaged.

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CIN019283956XVG
9780192839565
019283956X
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) by Sir Philip Sidney
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
19990204
432
N/A
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