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The Countess Of Pembroke'S Arcadia (The Old Arcadia)

by Sir Philip Sidney
language: english
Publisher: Oxford University Press, July of 2008 ‧
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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. 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 theambitious but unfinished `New' Arcadia and the amalgamated, `composite' version, a hybrid monster which Sidney himself never envisaged.

The Countess Of Pembroke'S Arcadia (The Old Arcadia)

by Sir Philip Sidney

Property Description
ISBN: 9780199549849
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: July of 2008
Language: English
Dimensions: 128 x 196 x 21 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 432
Format: Book
Collection: Oxford World'S Classics
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9780199549849

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