The representation of rape in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadias

Author

Angela Denise Bullard

Date of Award

2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English Composition

Department

English

First Advisor

Pigeon, Renée

Second Advisor

Golden, Bruce

Third Advisor

Rhodes, Jacqueline

Abstract

This thesis examines the complex and conflicting arguments surrounding the crime of rape in early modern England and how the important literary texts, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadias, explore the issue of rape. The thesis explores Sidney's attitude toward a system that sanctioned systematic sexual violence towards women as expressed in the text; as part of this it explores the way that the text differentiates rape from seduction.

Recommended Citation

Bullard, Angela Denise, "The representation of rape in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadias" (2005). Theses Digitization Project. 2826.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2826