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A carregar... The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (1590)por Philip Sidney
![]() Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. ![]() ![]() 800-odd pages of dense Elizabethan prose and poetry telling the story of two princes, Musidorus and Pyrocles, who are travelling under the aliases Palladius and Daiphantus and fall in love with two sister princesses, Pamela (apparently Sir Philip Sidney made the name up) and Philoclea. Eventually of course after many vicissitudes true love finds a way. I did find this very heavy going, reading very slowly, due to the very ornate language. Unfortunately the slow pace meant I'd often forgotten earlier episodes by the time they were referred to again. This is my personal candidate as the first Fantasy book written in English. I don't call it a medieval romance, because it's set in a deliberately invented background, the poetic kingdom of Arcadia. And, as it was cleared for publication by the Lord chancellor in 1593, it's not medieval in date, and the combats in it are sword and shield, not rapier and dagger. Is it in Elizabethan prose? Yesiree, Bob! But the spelling is regularized, so it's more readable than Spencer's Fairie Queene. Eventually i finished it and it does have some entertaining content, but it was so successful in seizing the popular taste of the time, that now it's full of cliches, both plotwise and in figures of speech. I think it is still worth a look at by moderns, and it is due to be ripped off again by some Science fiction guy looking to revamp a classic with a "modern Re-Telling'. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications, both comic and serious, ensue. Part-pastoral romance, part-heroic epic, Sidney's long narrative work was hugely popular for centuries after its first publication in 1593, inspiring two sequels and countless imitations, and contributing greatly to the development of the novel. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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