{"product_id":"sidney-s-arcadia-and-the-conflicts-of-virtue-9781526136466","title":"Sidney’S Arcadia and the Conflicts of Virtue","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWood reads Philip Sidney’s \u003ci\u003eNew Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e in the light of the ethos known as Philippism after the followers of Philip Melanchthon the Protestant theologian. He employs a critical paradigm previously used to discuss Sidney’s \u003ci\u003eDefence of Poesy\u003c\/i\u003e and narrows the gap that critics have found between Sidney’s theory and literary practice. This book is a valuable resource for scholars and researchers in the fields of literary and religious studies.\u003cbr\u003eVarious strands of philosophical, political and theological thought are accommodated within the \u003ci\u003eNew Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e, which conforms to the kind of literature praised by Melanchthon for its examples of virtue. Employing the same philosophy, Sidney, in his letter to Queen Elizabeth and in his fiction, arrogates to himself the role of court counsellor. Robert Devereux also draws, Wood argues, on the optimistic and conciliatory philosophy signified by Sidney’s \u003ci\u003eNew Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'... a welcome resource for Elizabethanists.'\u003cbr\u003eCHOICE\u003cbr\u003e(Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Throughout its densely argued pages, Richard Wood greatly expands the concept of stoicism as it is presented in Sidney’s New Arcadia.'\u003cbr\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1) Sir Philip Sidney, Humility and Revising the \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e2) 'Philip has the word and the substance': a Philippist Reading of Sidney's revised \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e3) 'If an excellent man should err': Sir Philip Sidney and Stoical Virtue.\u003cbr\u003e4) 'Think nature me a man of arms did make'?: Conflicted Conflicts in \u003ci\u003eAstrophil and Stella \u003c\/i\u003eand the revised\u003ci\u003e Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e5) 'The representing of so strange a power in love': Sir Philip Sidney’s Legacy of Anti-factionalism.\u003cbr\u003e6) 'Cleverly playing the stoic': the Earl of Essex, Sir Philip Sidney and Surviving Elizabeth's court.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040999080279,"sku":"9781526136466","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526136466.jpg?v=1750948546","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sidney-s-arcadia-and-the-conflicts-of-virtue-9781526136466","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}