1. Weaving the Arcadian Tapestry 2. In the Ending is the Beginning: Sannazaro’s Arcadia (1504) 3. The Metamorphosis of Arcadia: Montemayor’s La Diana (1559) 4. Romancing Arcadia: Cervantes’ La Galatea (1585) 5. Romancing Arcadia: Sidney’s Arcadia (1590) 6. Courting Arcadia: Lope’s Arcadia (1598) Conclusion
Biography
Marsha S. Collins is Professor of Comparative Literature and Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She is the author of a book on the historical novels of Pío Baroja, a book on Luis de Góngora's poetic masterpiece the Soledades, and articles on Cervantes, Lope, Galdós, and Unamuno, among others. Her research focuses on the literature of Imperial Spain in a comparative context, the relationship between literature and the visual arts, and romance and other idealizing forms of fiction.
"Marsha Collins’s approach to the construction, or reconstruction, of Arcadia in the sixteenth century is fascinating and convincing. Her study presents a dynamic vision of the pastoral world and its special sensibility. The comparative analyses—of Sannazaro, Montemayor, Cervantes, Sidney, and Lope de Vega—are sound, well argued, and a pleasure to read, offering a superb complement to previous studies of the genre." – Edward H. Friedman, Professor of Comparative Literature and European Studies. Vanderbilt University, USA
