| A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia Contributor(s): Weamys, Anna (Author), Cullen, Patrick Colborn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195087194 ISBN-13: 9780195087192 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $97.02 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: Anna 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. Weamys's Arcadia is an interesting and accessible story that, while it pairs well with Sidney, can stand on its own or be paired with other writers of romance like Shakespeare or Spenser. The 0irst appearance of the text since the seventeenth century, this volume includes both a modernized and an old-spelling edition of the text. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.4 |
| LCCN: 94018534 |
| Series: Women Writers in English 1350-1850 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.51" W x 8.23" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anna 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. Weamys's Arcadia is an interesting and accessible story that, while it pairs well with Sidney, can stand on its own or be paired with other writers of romance like Shakespeare or Spenser. The 0irst appearance of the text since the seventeenth century, this volume includes both a modernized and an old-spelling edition of the text. |