Arcadia (1580) by Philip Sidney, A Brief Critical Evaluation
An Introduction to the Text: Arcadia (1580) by Philip Sidney is the first prose pastoral romance in English. It sets a style: “Arcadian”…many later writers imitated this style in their writings. Full title: The Countess of Pembroke\’s Arcadia 1577– Mary (Sidney\’s younger sister) married Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke. They started living at Pembroke\’s Wiltshire […]
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English Literature