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A Continuation Of Sir Philip Sidney´s Ar
Anna Weamys
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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. Editor(s): Cullen, Patrick Colborn. Series: Women Writers in English, 1350-1850. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
Series
Women Writers in English, 1350-1850
Number of Pages
288
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195087192
SKU
V9780195087192
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Reviews for A Continuation Of Sir Philip Sidney´s Ar
Anna Weamys's continuation of the New Arcadia in Patrick Cullen's splendid edition is a major and very attractive addition to this emerging archive of Renaissance women's writing.
Renaissance Quarterly
Renaissance Quarterly