Arcadia by the shore

Iacopo Sannazaro’s ‘Arcadia’ (1504) was the first pastoral novel in European literature and it has had an unparalleled impact. The list of writers outside Italy who were inspired b...

The Greek province of Arcadia is perhaps the most important locus for pastoralism in a classical context. Arcadian inhabitants such as shepherds, nymphs, and the god Pan play signi...

This chapter traces the interconnections among piety, politics, and poetry in the life and work of Philip Sidney and Mary Sidney-Herbert: the siblings whose partnership arguably la...