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 ⓘ