The sound of virtue : Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Elizabethan politics
Written around 1580, Philip Sidney's Arcadia is a romance, a love story, a work of wit and enchantment set in an ancient and mythical land. But, as Blair Worden now startlingly reveals, it is also a grave and urgent commentary on Elizabethan politics. Under the protective guise of pastoral fiction, Sidney produced a searching reflection on the misgovernment of Elizabeth I and on the failings of monarchy as a system of government
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xxv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780300066937, 0300066937
34721696
| xi | (2) | |||
| List of Abbreviations | xiii | (2) | |||
| The Principal Characters (The Old Arcadia) | xv | (1) | |||
| Synopsis (The Old Arcadia) | xvi | (3) | |||
| Preface | xix | ||||
| PART ONE: POETRY AND PRECEPT | 3 | (38) | |||
| 3 | (20) | |||
| 23 | (18) | |||
| PART TWO: THE CONTEXT | 41 | (86) | |||
| 41 | (17) | |||
| 58 | (13) | |||
| 71 | (18) | |||
| 89 | (26) | |||
| 115 | (12) | |||
| PART THREE: ANALOGIES | 127 | (82) | |||
| 127 | (19) | |||
| 146 | (26) | |||
| 172 | (12) | |||
| 184 | (25) | |||
| PART FOUR: POLITICAL THOUGHT | 209 | (88) | |||
| 209 | (18) | |||
| 227 | (26) | |||
| 253 | (13) | |||
| 266 | (15) | |||
| 281 | (16) | |||
| PART FIVE: LOVE AND POLITICS | 297 | (58) | |||
| 297 | (23) | |||
| 320 | (21) | |||
| 341 | (14) | |||
| Appendix A: Greville, Sidney and the Two Arcadias | 355 | (15) | |||
| Appendix B: Sir John Hayward and the Old Arcadia | 370 | (2) | |||
| Appendix C: Philisides' Fable | 372 | (5) | |||
| Bibliography | 377 | (10) | |||
| Index | 387 |
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