Notable images of virtues and vices : character types in Sir Philip Sidney's New Arcadia

Author(s)

• Jeny, Neda

Bibliographic Information

Notable images of virtues and vices : character types in Sir Philip Sidney's New Arcadia

Neda Jeny

（American university studies, Series III, Comparative literature ; v. 24）

P. Lang, c1989

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

When Sir Philip Sidney decided to rewrite his pastoral novel called "Arcadia, " he expanded it into a romance epic in prose, calling in mind the great Italian Renaissance epics of Ariosto and Tasso. This book analyzes the way in which Sidney adapted the typical characters of the romance epics. Unlike the Italian authors, Sidney presented his characters so that they constantly invite the moral judgment of the reader, and he emphasized their inner lives, thereby making "The New Arcadia" the predecessor of the modern novel.

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Details

• NCID: BA19858651
• ISBN:
  • 0820407402
• LCCN: 88012734
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 192 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2342.A6
  • DC19 : 823/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586. Arcadia
  • LCSH : Sidney, Philip, Sir, 1554-1586 -- Characters
  • LCSH : Epic literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Romances -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : English literature -- Italian influences
  • LCSH : Italian poetry -- 16th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Characters and characteristics in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00180562