Beschreibung:
This bookanalyzes the role of romance as a catalyst in remaking Arcadia in five, canonical sixteenth-century texts: Sannazaro's Arcadia; Montemayor's La Diana; Cervantes'La Galatea; Sidney's Arcadia; and Lope de Vega's Arcadia. Collins' analyses of the re-imagined Arcadia in these works elucidate the interplay between timely incursions into the fictional world and the timelessness of art, highlighting issues of freedom, identity formation, subjectivity and self-fashioning, the intersection of public and private activity, and the fascination with mortality.
1. Weaving the Arcadian Tapestry 2. In the Ending is the Beginning: Sannazaro's Arcadia (1504) 3. The Metamorphosis of Arcadia: Montemayor's La Diana (1559) 4. Romancing Arcadia: Cervantes' La Galatea (1585) 5. Romancing Arcadia: Sidney's Arcadia (1590) 6. Courting Arcadia: Lope's Arcadia (1598) Conclusion