The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586

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"The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" by Philip Sidney is a prose pastoral romance written towards the end of the 16th century. This ambitious work blends idealized shepherd life with dramatic tales of jousts, political intrigue, kidnappings, and battles. When a duke receives an ominous oracle predicting stolen daughters and a usurped throne, he retreats to a pastoral lodge—hoping to escape fate. Sidney significantly revised and expanded his original version before his death, creating two major texts that scholars call the Old and New Arcadia.

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Författare
Sidney, Philip, 1554-1586
Läsnivå
B2 · Övre medelnivå
Språk
English

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