Gender, Interpretation, and Political Rule in Sidney's Arcadia

This bookexamines debates regarding gendered interpretation of persuasive rhetoric in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The book traces ideological changes concerning women’s positions in early modern English romances written and inspired by Sir Philip Sidney, and it analyzes these texts in light of contemporary political discourse.

Acknowledgments
A Note on the Text
Introduction
Chapter 1: Queens and Wives
Chapter 2: Wives and Regents as Readers
Chapter 3: Defending the Castle in Sidney's Old Arcadia
Chapter 4: Counting the Countess
Chapter 5: Lady Mary Wroth's Reading of Romance
Chapter 6: Sewing Accord with A Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia
Bibliography
About the Author
Index