Arcadia: A Restoration in Contemporary English of the Complete 1593 Edition of the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Charles St - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joel B. Davis (Editor), Philip Sidney, Charles Stanley Ross (Editor)Series:Renaissance and Medieval StudiesPublish date:2/28/2017Pages:642
Language:EnglishPublisher:Parlor PressISBN-13:9781602358584ISBN-10:1602358583UPC:9781602358584Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 1.29 inchesWeight:2.2223Product ID:SCXPJZFTCH
Arcadia: A Restoration in Contemporary English of the Complete 1593 Edition of the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Charles St
Sidney's Renaissance romance offers a surprisingly astute analysis of statesmanship and erotic passion. King Basilius misinterprets an oracle and retreats to a country house. There he pursues a cross-dressed Amazon whom his wife also desires. Musidorus and Pyrocles in disguise woo the royal princesses Pamela and Philoclea, recounting their attempts to bring justice and stability to foreign...
Series: Renaissance and Medieval Studies
Language:EnglishPublisher:Parlor PressISBN-13:9781602358584ISBN-10:1602358583UPC:9781602358584Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:ClassicsSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 1.29 inchesWeight:2.2223Product ID:SCXPJZFTCH
Davis, Joel B.: - Joel B Davis is Nell Carlton Professor of English at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. His most recent book is The Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia and the Invention of English Literature (2011). He has published on Philip, Robert, Mary, and Henry Sidney, in Studies in Philology, The Sidney Journal, and The Ashgate Research Companion to the Sidneys, 1500-1700, and his essays...
Publisher: Parlor Press
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Joel B. Davis (Editor), Philip Sidney, Charles Stanley Ross (Editor)
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