A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia - Anne Weamys

A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia

(Autor)

Patrick Colborn Cullen (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
286 Seiten
1995
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-508719-2 (ISBN)
59,80 inkl. MwSt
Anne Weamys's Arcadia offers an alternate perspective on the genre of historical romance. Shorter and comparatively more direct than the form of its derivation, the Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia exploits the genre's capacity for fantasy and nuance while celebrating its more subversive uses as political statement.
Anne Weamys's A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia is a woman's contribution to one of the dominant genres of her sex's readership in the seventeenth century: the heroic romance. Part of the considerable power and appeal of this work is its reduction of the heroic romance to a smaller scale. In its shorter length and its comparatively direct style, it avoids the fustian and bloat of the form. At the same time, it elaborates on the genre's stronger points--its playfulness and fantasy, its explorations of the nuances of sensibility--while not sacrificing its capacity for political statement. Arcadia is an interesting and accessible story that can be read in a single sitting.
Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.3.1995
Reihe/Serie Women Writers in English 1350-1850
Zusatzinfo 1 map
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 208 mm
Gewicht 360 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-10 0-19-508719-4 / 0195087194
ISBN-13 978-0-19-508719-2 / 9780195087192
Zustand Neuware
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