The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, also known simply as the Arcadia, is a long prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney written towards the end of the 16th century. Having finished one version of
First page of Arcadia, circa 1585.
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The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in late 1605 or early 1606. Set in pre-Roman Britain, the play depicts the consequences of King Lear
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
…French romance as to the Greek and chivalric models that shape Sidney's work. William Shakespeare borrowed from Arcadia for the Gloucester subplot of King Lear; traces of the work's influence may also be found in Hamlet and The Winter's Tale. Other dramatizations also occurred, such as Samuel Daniel's The…
Cordelia's portion by Ford Madox Brown (c. 1866-72)
Cordelia in the Court of King Lear (1873) by Sir John Gilbert
Lear and Cordelia by Ford Madox Brown
The first edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, printed in 1577