CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. TEXTS AND ABBREVIATIONS x
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART ONE. THE POETRY OF ARCADIA
7. 1. THE TRANSFORMATION OF ARCADIA 9
8. 2. HEROIC AND PASTORAL 40
9. 3. THE ARCADIAN RHETORIC 60
10. PART TWO. ASTROPHEL AND STELLA
11. 4. THE PETRARCHAN VISION 105
12. 5. THE SEQUENCE 133
13. CONCLUSION 179
14. NOTES 185
15. INDEX 193