Love in a Green Shade

Love in a Green Shade examines for the first time in depth the reception history of Daphnis and Chloe in literature, beginning with its Renaissance rediscovery and working through its various transformations in English, French, Spanish, and other literatures. At the same time, Richard F. Hardin launches a groundbreaking exploration of the idyllic romance tradition in fiction and drama. While Virgil and Theocritus beget a tradition of poetry concerned with male eroticism, idyllic romance centers on the couple in a story pointing toward marriage. In addition to Daphnis and Chloe, this study considers numerous works influenced by the idyllic romance tradition, including Shakespeares The Tempest, Miltons Paradise Lost, Bernardins Paul et Virginie, Stowes The Pearl of Orrs Island, Cathers O Pioneers!, novels by Sand, Hardy, and Pardo Bazan, Louis Hemons Maria Chapdelaine, and Mishimas The Sound of Waves.