Richard F. Hardin is a professor of English at the University of Kansas. His books include Civil Idolatry: Desacralizing and Monarchy in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton and Survivals of Pastoral.
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Contents: I. Idyllic Romance II. Renaissance Rediscoveries III. Wit and Innocence IV. Paul, Virginia, and George V. Ladies of Maine: Three Generations VI. Spanish Idylls: Valera and Pardo Bazan VII. British Naturists VIII. Innocence and Radical Innocence IX. Points of Departure Notes List of Works Cited Index
"Hardin has a well-established reputation as a scholar of Renaissance literature, but in this book he shows a remarkable range... The dominant impression is of this book's variety rather than of any single thread of argument. Perhaps in that respect it is almost idyllic in itself, free to explore the ramifications of a classical genre which is subtly persistent, and still making itself felt in modern works ... " TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, 18 August, 2000