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IN-PERSON: A Short Journey to Arcadia   

**This class will be taught In-Person**

“Arcadia,” an imagined, beautiful land of shepherds, where work is easy and  there is always time to lie under the trees and improvise songs of love—this myth  became a part of the European imagination with the 1504 publication of an  Italian book of that title by a young Neapolitan author, Jacopo Sannazaro. This  course will take us to this land through a remarkable story of love, ambition,  sorrow, and incipient social collapse. The instructor will summarize and read  from his newly published English translation of Arcadia, explain its context in the  Italy of its day, and explore the enduring concept of “Arcadia” in literature and  culture.

 
  • IN-PERSON: A Short Journey to Arcadia
  • Fee: $29.00
    Dates: 3/18/2025 - 3/18/2025
    Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 1
    Building: Downtown Campus; 160 Spear St
    Room: 508
    Instructor: Nicholas Jones
    Seats Available: 32
    **This class will be taught In-Person**

    “Arcadia,” an imagined, beautiful land of shepherds, where work is easy and  there is always time to lie under the trees and improvise songs of love—this myth  became a part of the European imagination with the 1504 publication of an  Italian book of that title by a young Neapolitan author, Jacopo Sannazaro. This  course will take us to this land through a remarkable story of love, ambition,  sorrow, and incipient social collapse. The instructor will summarize and read  from his newly published English translation of Arcadia, explain its context in the  Italy of its day, and explore the enduring concept of “Arcadia” in literature and  culture.
    Non-members are welcome to register.
 


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