Year in Arcadia: A Shepherd's Calendar
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (798 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3932170253 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-16 |
| Language | : | German |
DESCRIPTION:
Book by von Sachsen-Gotha, Duke August
Zdravko Blazekovic said Out and About Sooner than You Thought. Year in Arcadia is a one-of-a-kind book. In it we discover the Duke of a small German principality creating a work of unabashed gay imagination at the very beginning of the 19th century. His set of idylls, one for each month of the year (following the ancient Greek calendar) traces the fortunes of a pair of Arcadian male lovers to a happy conclusion. The introduction, written by Carl Skoggard (who was also the capable translator) suggests the intimate court atmosphere in which Year in Arcadia was probably wri