Arcadian
adjective
of Arcadia.
Arcadianism
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a word derived from
Arcadian.
Example Sentences
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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 Walter W. Greg
He perceives the mote of Arcadianism even in “the light that never was on sea or land.”
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
Artificial Arcadianism is as much the frame-work of the elegy on Diodati as it is of Lycidas.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
While finding in Sidney's style the same historical importance as in Lyly's, we cannot but recognize that in itself Arcadianism was little if at all better than Euphuism.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
The theories of Rousseau exercised at first an irresistible attraction, but modern civilisation had too strong a hold on him; he was too Parisian in temper to acquiesce for long in the doctrine of Arcadianism.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
