Pastoral and the Humanities. Arcadia Re-inscribed

ISBN: 978-1-904675-58-7. doi:10.1017/S0009840X0800067X This volume contains a collection of essays originally presented at the international workshop held in Oslo in April 2003 by the University of Oslo and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Foucault, Guevara, and the Complexities of Courtly and Country Life) argues that in Contempt of Court and Praise of Village by the Spanish poet Guevara (14811545), the movement from court to village becomes an ethical strategy. The countryside is The Classical Review vol. 58 no. 2 The Classical Association 2008; all rights reserved 464 the classical review the ideal locus where the courtier is able to live an ethical existence longing for the eective work to be done on his body and soul.