The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia)Author :
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Published : Thursday 10 July 2008
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Philip Sidney was in his early twenties when he wrote his `Old Arcadia for the amusement of his younger sister, the Countess of Pembroke. The book, which he called `a trifle, and that triflingly handled, reflects their youthful vitality. The `Old Arcadia tells a romantic story in a manner comparable to that of Shakespeares early comedies. It is divided into five `Acts, and abounds in lively speeches, dialogues, and quasi-dramatic tableaux. As a vehicle for Sidneys prophetic ideas about English versification, the `Old Arcadia also includes over seventy poems in a wide variety of metres and genres. In clarity, symmetry, and coherence the `Old version is greatly superior both to the ambitious but unfinished `New Arcadia and the amalgamated, `composite version, a hybrid monster which Sidney himself never envisaged.
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