Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney || Poet & Lesson Introduction, Characters, Summary and Key Information | Learning The Easy Way
Short discussion about Arcadia
Poet Introduction:
Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet and critic in the Elizabethan Period. He was also a soldier. He was born in 1554 in England. He was one of the leading members of Queen Elizabethan court. His writing "Arcadia" was called the seed of English novels. He died in 1586 at the age of 31 in Netherland.
Lesson Introduction:
Arcadia is a famous novel by Sir Philip Sidney. It is called the embryo of the English novel. It occupies a position of much significance in the pose literature of the Elizabethan age. It is a heroic prose romance.
Characters:
- Pyrocles
- Musidorus
- Basilius
- Gynecia
- Pamela
- Philoclea
Summary:
Arcadia was a very calm and peaceful province of Greece. There lived a powerful duke. His name was Basilius. He ruled his people peacefully and happily. Suddenly, he became curious to know what the future of his wife Gynecia, and daughters Pamela and Philoclea. By counting fortunes he came to know that his eldest daughter Pamela would be stolen. His younger daughter would fall in love with an ineligible boy. And his wife Gynecia would be involved in fornication. For that reason, Basilius began to live in hiding in one corner of the kingdom. After some time, the duke retried. Then two princes Pyrocles and Musidorus came to Arcadia. By chance, they found and fell in love with the duke's two daughters.
Key Information of this lesson:
- Sir Philip Sidney was an English poet and critic in the Elizabethan Period.
- Famous for Arcadia.
- Arcadia is called the seed of the English novel.
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