Arcadianism
- a word derived from Arcadian.
Example Sentences
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He perceives the mote of Arcadianism even in “the light that never was on sea or land.”
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
Thus it would appear that, for their essential elements, Euphuism and Arcadianism, though distinct, alike sought their models, direct or indirect, in the Spanish literature of the day.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
To this brilliant study, and in particular to the treatment of Euphuism and Arcadianism, I am deeply indebted.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
The traditional garden-city idyll of architects and art-craftsmen is a Utopia about as much like reality as the pastoral Arcadianism of Marie Antoinette.
From The New Society by Windham, Arthur
His book was, so to speak, a standard one; everybody had to read it; elegant ladies now began to talk "Arcadianism" as they had been before talking "Euphuism."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
