The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia is a late 16th-century prose romance by Sir Philip Sidney that blends pastoral, chivalric, and political themes and became one of the most influential works of Elizabethan literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan literature work
pastoral romance
prose romance
alsoKnownAs Arcadia
Sidney's Arcadia
approximateCompositionEnd 1580s
approximateCompositionStart 1570s
associatedWith Sidney Circle
Wilton House literary circle
author Sir Philip Sidney
completionStatus left unfinished
containsCharacterType disguised lovers
knights
princes
shepherds
countryOfOrigin England
dateWritten late 16th century
dedicatedTo Mary Sidney
firstPublicationDate 1590
form prose
genre chivalric romance
pastoral fiction
political romance
hasInfluenceFrom Italian Renaissance romance
classical pastoral tradition
hasPart embedded poems
songs
hasVersion New Arcadia
linked to: Arcadia

Old Arcadia
inHonorOf Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke
linked to: Mary Sidney
language English
literaryInfluenceOn Elizabethan drama
English Renaissance prose fiction
William Shakespeare
literaryMovement English Renaissance
literaryPeriod Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
medium print
namedAfter Mary Sidney
narrativeStructure multi-plot romance
notableFor blend of pastoral and political elements
complex narrative design
influence on later English prose style
posthumousEditingBy Mary Sidney
setting fictional region of Arcadia
theme chivalry
courtly love
monarchy and governance
pastoral ideal
political intrigue

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Sir Philip Sidney notableWork The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia alsoKnownAs Sidney's Arcadia
linked to: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
Arcadia (Jacopo Sannazaro) literaryInfluenceOn Philip Sidney's Arcadia
subject linked to: Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia
linked to: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
House of Sidney notableWorkByMember The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia