The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia)
| Author | : Philip Sidney |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 436 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| ISBN-10 | : 019283956X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780192839565 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (565 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) by : Philip Sidney
Download or read book The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The Old Arcadia) written by Philip Sidney and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two young princes, Pyrocles and Musidorus, disguise themselves as an Amazon and a shepherd to gain access to the Arcadian Princesses, who have been taken into semi-imprisonment by their father to avoid the dangers foretold by an oracle. The text was a vehicle for Sidney's ideas on versification.
