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“Civil wildness”: Colonial Landscapes in Philip Sidney’s New Arcadia

“Civil wildness”: Colonial Landscapes in Philip Sidney’s New Arcadia <p>Abstract:</p><p>This essay analyzes the pastoral landscapes in Sidney’s revised <i>Arcadia</i> to determine how Sidney’s investments in England’s early attempts at colonialism changed his perceptions of what made an environment “ideal.” Examining the text through an ecocolonial lens, it argues that—like the idealized descriptions of abundant Virginian nature in early colonial promotions—the landscapes in book 1 of Sidney’s pastoral romance feature inhabitants taking an active part in creating and maintaining the environment’s peaceful prosperity.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

“Civil wildness”: Colonial Landscapes in Philip Sidney’s New Arcadia

Nance, Jessie Herrada
Studies in Philology , Volume 116 (2) – Apr 3, 2019
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<p>Abstract:</p><p>This essay analyzes the pastoral landscapes in Sidney’s revised <i>Arcadia</i> to determine how Sidney’s investments in England’s early attempts at colonialism changed his perceptions of what made an environment “ideal.” Examining the text through an ecocolonial lens, it argues that—like the idealized descriptions of abundant Virginian nature in early colonial promotions—the landscapes in book 1 of Sidney’s pastoral romance feature inhabitants taking an active part in creating and maintaining the environment’s peaceful prosperity.</p>

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Studies in Philology – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Apr 3, 2019

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