The Sound of Virtue
Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Elizabethan Politics
by Blair Worden
406 pages· 1996· ISBN 9780300066937
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Written around 1580, Philip Sidney's Arcadia is a romance and a love story, set in an ancient and mythical land. But, as Blair Worden now reveals, it is also a commentary on Elizabethan politics. Under the guise of pastoral fiction, Sidney produced a reflection on the misgovernment of Elizabeth I and on the failings of monarchy as a system of government.
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