Sidney's Poetic Justice: The Old Arcadia, Its Eclogues, and Renaissance Pastoral TraditionsThe first book-length study of The Old Arcadia as a Renaissance pastoral romance. Stillman focuses attention on the 27 eclogues that Sidney sets within his prose narrative. |
Contents
| 19 | |
Pastoralism and Generic Definition | 47 |
As Critic and Poet Sidney Defines Pastoral | 64 |
From Prose to Poetry | 81 |
Book One The Divided Mind | 98 |
Book Two The Consequences of the Divided Mind | 117 |
Book Three Contentment and Justice | 133 |
Book Four Discontentation and Injustice | 150 |
Nature and Art in The Old Arcadia | 175 |
Notes | 229 |
Works Cited | 255 |
Index | 268 |
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