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The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia: With the Additions of Sir William Alexander
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 2019-02-08
- Pages
- 718
- ISBN
- 9780428343583
- Book Title
- Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia : With the Additions of Sir William Alexander and Richard Beling, a Life of the Author and an Introduction (Classic Reprint)
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Fantasy / General
- Item Weight
- 39 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 718 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Forgotten Books
ISBN-10
0428343589
ISBN-13
9780428343583
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038303853
Product Key Features
Book Title
Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia : With the Additions of Sir William Alexander and Richard Beling, a Life of the Author and an Introduction (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages
718 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / General
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
39 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
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Excerpt from The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia: With the Additions of Sir William Alexander and Richard Beling, a Life of the Author and an IntroductionA change of style is almost invariably the result of a change of thought and feeling; but no profound mental and moral revolution like that which underlay the romantic movement of the nineteenth century, was the occasion for turning the mediaeval romances into prose. When all literary compositions were intended for singing and recitation, they naturally took a metrical form; but when books were meant to be read in bower and cloister, it was left to the writer to choose his vehicle. Thus, while there were true poets like Chrestien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach among those working upon the material of legend, many arrayed themselves in the poetic vesture without having a spark of divine fire; and the style of many of these metrical narratives strikes one as too prosaic for the subject, especially if we base our expectations on Malory, to us the chief exemplar of medimval romance, whose prose, though not in the least resembling in structure that bastard thing, prose poetry, is thoroughly epical in its stark simplicity, its sensuous colour, and the haunting sugges tion of beauty and ideality. It was not an age of poetry in the way this can be said of the early period of Greek literature, when philosophers, historians, and lawgivers spoke in metre because the muse was in them. Romance is the decadence of poetry and while the traditional forms survived, the poetic impulse grew weaker and weaker. Erra comment vous le ferez. This is the sole foundation for thirty-one lines in the Scots poem, including a response from his followers that is not in the prose. The Scot uses his material freely, translating faithfully when a mere pedestrian course was sufficient, letting himself go when his imagmation was aroused. He is more vivid and circumstantial in narrative, fuller and more sensuous in description. Take the following; French.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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