Jacopo Sannazaro's Arcadia
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Jacopo Sannazaro's *Arcadia* is a seminal Renaissance pastoral prose-and-poetry work that blends idyllic shepherd life with courtly and humanist themes, profoundly shaping later European pastoral literature.
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| instanceOf |
Renaissance literary work
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pastoral romance ⓘ prosimetrum ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | L'Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jacopo Sannazaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulationBeforePrint | manuscript circulation in Naples ⓘ |
| contains |
lyric poems
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pastoral songs ⓘ prose eclogues ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 15th century ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Antonello Petrucci (in early versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPrintedEdition | 1504 Venice edition ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1504 ⓘ |
| genre |
pastoral literature
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pastoral romance ⓘ prose and poetry ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early influential Italian vernacular classic
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model for later pastoral romances ⓘ seminal work of Renaissance pastoral literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Petrarch
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Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil's Eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstEdition | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prosimetrum ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn |
Baroque pastoral poetry
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European pastoral romance tradition ⓘ Giambattista Guarini's Il pastor fido NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Sidney's Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ Torquato Tasso's Aminta NERFINISHED ⓘ later European pastoral drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sincero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
alternation of prose and verse
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| period | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | melancholic courtier-poet ⓘ |
| setting |
Arcadia
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idealized pastoral landscape ⓘ |
| style |
Petrarchan lyricism
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elegant humanist prose ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love
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exile and nostalgia ⓘ humanist reflection ⓘ loss and mourning ⓘ pastoral ideal ⓘ tension between court and countryside ⓘ |
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