{"product_id":"notable-images-of-virtues-and-neda-jeny-9780820407401","title":"Notable Images of Virtues and Vices: Character Types in Sir Philip Sidney's New Arcadia and Italian Romance Epic","description":"When Sir Philip Sidney decided to rewrite his pastoral novel called \u003ci\u003eArcadia, \u003c\/i\u003e he expanded it into a romance epic in prose, calling in mind the great Italian Renaissance epics of Ariosto and Tasso.\u003cbr\u003e This book analyzes the way in which Sidney adapted the typical characters of the romance epics. Unlike the Italian authors, Sidney presented his characters so that they constantly invite the moral judgment of the reader, and he emphasized their inner lives, thereby making \u003ci\u003eThe New Arcadia\u003c\/i\u003e the predecessor of the modern novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neda Jeny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820407402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820407401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Neda Jeny","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49082574110975,"sku":"9780820407401","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/notable-images-of-virtues-and-neda-jeny-9780820407401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}