Epistolary Compassion in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES

PARERGON Pub Date : 2022-12-16 DOI:10.1353/pgn.2022.0056

Emma Simpson-Weber

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Abstract:This article takes Sir Philip Sidney's 'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia' (1593) as a touchstone of the English tradition, arguing that early modern English romance authors redirect the Ovidian epistolary form to articulate a sympathy that ultimately facilitates satisfaction rather than loss. Ovid's 'Heroides' conceives of compassion as hinging on loss and separation. Whereas Ovid's heroines write to complain to the lovers who have abandoned or betrayed them, early modern prose romance adapts the epistolary discourse of complaint to support romantic union. Sidney's central female figures appeal to compassion that authorizes their writing, but in romance the female writer's story does not end in suffering. Romance is hopeful: it rewards compassion and demonstrates its practical, positive ends.

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菲利普·西德尼爵士的《阿卡迪亚》中的书信体同情

摘要:本文以菲利普·西德尼爵士的《彭布罗克伯爵夫人的阿卡迪亚》(1593)为英国传统的试金石，认为早期现代英国浪漫主义作家将奥维德式的书信形式重新定位为表达同情，最终促进满足感而不是损失。奥维德的《希律得斯》将同情理解为对失去和分离的依赖。奥维德笔下的女主人公写信向抛弃或背叛她们的恋人抱怨，而早期的现代散文浪漫主义则采用书信式的抱怨话语来支持浪漫的结合。西德尼笔下的核心女性形象吸引着人们的同情心，这种同情心赋予了她们写作的力量，但在浪漫故事中，女作家的故事并没有以痛苦告终。浪漫是充满希望的:它奖励同情，并展示其实际的、积极的目的。

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期刊介绍： Parergon publishes articles and book reviews on all aspects of medieval and early modern studies. It has a particular focus on research which takes new approaches and crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Fully refereed and with an international Advisory Board, Parergon is the Southern Hemisphere"s leading journal for early European research. It is published by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.) and has close links with the ARC Network for Early European Research.