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
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