Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia
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Werlin, J
Published in: SEL - Studies in English Literature
January 1, 2014
The troubling inscrutability of providence, with its apparent lapses and contradictions, was a Renaissance commonplace. But for Philip Sidney, this very inscrutability offered a narrative opportunity. In his Old Arcadia, Sidney uses the gap between the future-oriented perspective of his characters and past-tense narration to show how moral agency interacts with an overarching providence. The paradoxes of human action in a divinely plotted world are embedded- and, ultimately, resolved- within the grammar of the text. © 2014 Rice University.
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SEL - Studies in English Literature
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1522-9270
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0039-3657
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Volume
54
Issue
1
Start / End Page
25 / 40
Related Subject Headings
- Literary Studies
- 4705 Literary studies
- 2005 Literary Studies
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Werlin, J. (2014). Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia. SEL - Studies in English Literature, 54(1), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.1353/sel.2014.0010
Werlin, J. “Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia.” SEL - Studies in English Literature 54, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 25–40. https://doi.org/10.1353/sel.2014.0010.
Werlin J. Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia. SEL - Studies in English Literature. 2014 Jan 1;54(1):25–40.
Werlin, J. “Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia.” SEL - Studies in English Literature, vol. 54, no. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 25–40. Scopus, doi:10.1353/sel.2014.0010.
Werlin J. Providence and perspective in Philip Sidney's old arcadia. SEL - Studies in English Literature. 2014 Jan 1;54(1):25–40.
Published In
SEL - Studies in English Literature
DOI
EISSN
1522-9270
ISSN
0039-3657
Publication Date
January 1, 2014
Volume
54
Issue
1
Start / End Page
25 / 40
Related Subject Headings
- Literary Studies
- 4705 Literary studies
- 2005 Literary Studies