Search results
pastoral literature, class of literature that presents the society of shepherds as free from the complexity and corruption of city life. Many of the idylls written in its name are far remote from the realities of any life, rustic or urban. Among the writers who have used the pastoral convention with striking success and vitality are the ...
Renaissance pastoral poetry is gaining new interest for its distinctive imaginative vein, its varied allusive content, and the theoretical implications of the genre. This is by far the biggest ever anthology of English Renaissance pastoral poetry, with 277 pieces spanning two centuries. Spenser, Sidney, Jonson and Drayton are amply represented ...
The earliest extant pastoral poetry, the Idylls, was written by Theocritus in the third century b.c. Theocritus's works contain all the elements that were later conventionalized into the pastoral ...
Pastoral literature in English. A work can contain many pastoral elements mixed with other genres. Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, though taking place among shepherds in Arcadia, features the royal family, who have retired to the countryside for peace, and centers on the romances of princes and princesses.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
The roots of pastoral literature go back to the classical period and so the genre was revived in the Renaissance, a period fascinated with the ideas and achievements of classical antiquity. Poland had its own share of pastoral writers, most notably including the aforementioned member of the Babin Republic – Jan Kochanowski.
pastoral , Literary work dealing in a usually artificial manner with shepherds or rural life, typically contrasting the innocence and serenity of the simple life with the misery and corruption of city or court life. The characters are often the vehicles for the author’s moral, social, or literary views. The poet and his friends are often ...
