The Sound of Virtue: Philip Sidney's 'Arcadia' and Elizabethan Politics

by Blair Worden

Book Overview

Written around 1580, Philip Sidney's 'Arcadia' is a romance, a love story, a work of wit and enchantment set in an ancient and mythical land. But, as Blair Worden now startlingly reveals, it is also a grave and urgent commentary on Elizabethan politics. Under the protective guise of pastoral fiction, Sidney produced a searching reflection on the misgovernment of Elizabeth I and on the failings of monarchy as a system of government. Blair Worden reconstructs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300209657
• ISBN13: 9780300209655
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"