The pastoral is an identifiable genre in Mary Wroth"s Urania (1621).As a romance, it traces the adventures of knights from the center (court) to the marginal (pastoral setting) and back.However, an intriguing aspect in Urania is the relation between the idealized pastoral drive and the representation of the female body.Moreover, the pastoral trope is considered by many eco-critics as one of the ke...
The pastoral is an identifiable genre in Mary Wroth"s Urania (1621).As a romance, it traces the adventures of knights from the center (court) to the marginal (pastoral setting) and back.However, an intriguing aspect in Urania is the relation between the idealized pastoral drive and the representation of the female body.Moreover, the pastoral trope is considered by many eco-critics as one of the ke...