Rosalind: Euphues' Golden Legacy Found After His Death in His Cell at Silexedra (1590)Dovehouse Editions, 1887 - 264 páginas Lodge's pastoral romance has enjoyed some recognition as the source of Shakespeare's As You Like It. But the work deserves more than second-hand fame, for Rosalind is an exquisite tale, in its own right, arguably the finest prose romance after Sidney's Arcadia, featuring a balance between the plainer and more embellished styles, an anthology of elegant pastoral lyrics, and a fully worthy prototype of Shakespeare's memorable heroine. It was Lodge who supplied the male disguise wherein Rosalind teases and tests her man, the baffled Rosader, and then finds herself the object of amorous attention by another woman; Lodge who, out of his medieval source, turned Arden into a world of passage and redemption; and Lodge who worked out the grand comic finale in a triple marriage. It is a masterpiece of prose comic fiction that went through ten contemporary editions--from back cover. |
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Adam Spencer Aliena and Ganymede Alinda amorous banished beauty BEECHAM'S PILLS began blush brother Rosader CASSELL & COMPANY chaste Corydon cottage court courteous Danaë death deep desires discontent discourse disdain doth eclogue espied excellence exile eyes face faith fancy father favour fire flocks folds folly Forest of Arden Forester fortunes frown gentle gentleman Gerismond grief harbour hath hear heart Heigh honour John of Bordeaux King Knights of Malta leave live Lodge looks Ludgate Hill marriage mede mistress nature nymph pain passions patience peers of France Phoebe Phoebe's pity pleasant poor quoth Aliena quoth Ganymede quoth Rosader quoth Saladin revenge RICHARD HAKLUYT Rosalind rose salve shadow shepherd sighs Sir John smile sonnet sorrows swain sweet tears tell thee thine THOMAS LODGE thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself Torismond tree unto Venus virtues wanton woes women wooing words wounds