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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 Greg, Walter W.

Artificial Arcadianism is as much the frame-work of the elegy on Diodati as it is of Lycidas.

From Milton by Pattison, Mark

Arcadianism came as a reaction against euphuism, attempting to replace its artificiality by simplicity.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover

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.

Professor Babbitt distrusts ecstasy as he distrusts Arcadianism.

From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert