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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
When a duke receives an ominous oracle predicting stolen daughters and an usurped throne, he retreats to a pastoral lodge—hoping to escape fate.
"The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" by Philip Sidney is a prose pastoral romance. When a duke receives an ominous oracle predicting stolen daughters and an usurped throne, he retreats to a pastoral lodge—hoping to escape fate.
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This Marcellus of the English nation, Sir Philip Sidney, the short-lived ornament of his noble family, hath deserved, and, without dispute or envy, enjoyed, the most exalted praises of his own, and of succeeding ages. The poets of his time, especially Spenser, reverenced him, not only as a patron, but a master; and he was almost the only person in any age, I will not except Mecaenas, that could teach the best rules of poetry, and most freely reward the performances of poets. He was a man of a sweet nature, of excellent behaviour, of much, and, withal, of well-digested learning, so that rarely wit, courage, breeding, and other additional accomplishments of conversation, have met in so high a degree in any single person.[3]
Sir Henry Sidney, his father, was a man of excellent natural wit, large heart, sweet conversation; and such a governor as sought not to make an end of the state in himself, but to plant his own ends in the prosperity of his country. Witness his sound establishments, both in Wales and Ireland, where his memory is worthily grateful unto this day.
Contents
- 01Introduction
- 02The Life of Sir Philip Sidney, Kt.
- 03Testimonies Concerning the Author
- 04[Sidney’s Dedication]
- 05Arcadia Book I
- 06The First Eclogues
- 07Arcadia Book II
- 08The Second Eclogues
- 09Arcadia Book III
- 10The Third Eclogues
- 11Arcadia Book IV
- 12The Fourth Eclogues
- 13Arcadia Book V
- 14A Sixth Book to the Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia
- 15Arcadia Book VI
- 16The Eclogues
- 17Endnotes
- 18Introduction Notes
- 19Book I Notes
- 20Book II Notes
- 21Book III Notes
- 22Book V Notes
- 23Transcriber’s Notes
About this edition
- Author
- Philip Sidney
- Language
- English
- Era
- Early modern (c. 1500–1800)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 871 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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