Et in Arcadia Ego: Essays on Death in the Pastoral Novel

by Bruno Damiani and Barbara Mujica

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This book examines the theme of death in the major European pastoral novels of Spain, Italy, Portugal, France and England. Through careful textual analysis, the authors show that the themes of love and death are inseparable in European literature, and that violence and death are intrinsic to the psychological landscape of pastoral. Contents: Death in Sannazaro's Arcadia, The Last Hour: Bernardim Tibeiro's Menina e moca; The Restless Fields of Montemayor's Diana; Artistic and Didactic Aspects of Death in Cervantes' Galatea; Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia: Land of Innocence, Land of Death; "Vif et mort, je t'aimerai": HonorE d'UrfE's AstrEe.
  • ISBN10 0819177733
  • ISBN13 9780819177735
  • Publish Date 24 July 1990
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 7 June 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University Press of America
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 186
  • Language English