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The Fancies, Chaste and Noble
Contributor(s): Ford, John (Author), Hart, Dominic J. (Editor)
ISBN: 0367189550     ISBN-13: 9780367189556
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $158.40  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections
- History
- Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Series: Routledge Revivals
Physical Information: 300 pages
 
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Published in 1985: The main plot portrays the bachelor Octavio, Marquis of Siena, and his establishment of his "Bower of Fancies," something like a Platonic academy for those he calls the "fancies" -- Clarella, Silvia, and Floria, three young women who are, or are said to be,"young, wise, noble, fair, and chaste.