Arcadia: A Restoration in Contemporary English of the Complete 1593 Edition of the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Charles St by Philip Sidney, Philip Sidney, Charles Stanley Ross, Joel B. Davis
Arcadia: A Restoration in Contemporary English of the Complete 1593 Edition of the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Charles St

Philip Sidney, Philip Sidney, Charles Stanley Ross, Joel B. Davis

Arcadia: A Restoration in Contemporary English of the Complete 1593 Edition of the Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia by Charles St

Philip Sidney, Philip Sidney, Charles Stanley Ross, Joel B. Davis

642 pages first pub 1593 (editions)

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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. Musi...

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