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The Arcadia - aka The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia or The New Arcadia - cover

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The Arcadia - aka The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia or The New Arcadia

Sir Philip Sidney

Publisher: Scribe Publishing

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Summary

The 1590 Version edited by Fulke Greville with Matthew Gwinne and John Florio.  
 
The original unfinished ending is left as is. There also two short instances of missing text. 
 
Sir Philip Sidney was born on 30th November 1554 at Penshurst Place, Kent.  He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. 
 
In 1572, at the age of 18, he was elected to Parliament as a Member for Shrewsbury. Despite his domestic commitments Sidney spent the next several years travelling through Germany, Italy, Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary and Austria.  
 
Returning to England in 1575, Sidney met Penelope Devereux who became the inspiration for his beautiful sonnet sequence ‘Astrophel and Stella’.  
 
Life now became rather more complicated with his quarrel with Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.  The result was that Sidney challenged de Vere to a duel, which Elizabeth then forbade. Sidney wrote a long letter to the Queen explaining the foolishness of her proposed French marriage. Elizabeth bristled at his presumption, and Sidney, realising his error, retired from court.  
 
His artistic pursuits were more peaceful and more significant for his lasting fame. During the years of absence from court, Sidney wrote the first draft of ‘The Arcadia’ and ‘The Defence of Poesy’.
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