... as female. The concept of the body politic and redefining gender in the context of possessing two bodies, one male, the other female are inextricably entwined in The Old Arcadia. The Old Arcadia, through a series of surrogacies demonstrates the ideal of the body politic transferred from male to female, in similar circumstances to that of Elizabeth, culminating in an ... startling regularity. In a world where traditional gender roles have been in some respects capsized, many questions are posed concerning Sidney's motivation. The issues of gender politics in context of The Old Arcadia pr...

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