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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813183903321

Autore

Bieman Elizabeth

Titolo

Plato baptized : towards the interpretation of Spenser's mimetic fictions / / Elizabeth Bieman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-282-03961-X

9786612039614

1-4426-7851-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

821/.3

Soggetti

Christian poetry, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Christianity and literature - England - History - 16th century

English poetry - Greek influences

Neoplatonism in literature

Philosophy in literature

Mimesis in literature

Livres numeriques.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 'To discouer ... the general intention': A Methodological Introduction""; ""2 'For wisedome is most riches': Plato and His Socrates""; ""3 'Each vnto himselfe': Systematizers, Seekers, and Seers""; ""4 'A temple faire and auncient': The Plotinian Paradigm""; ""5 'All that moueth, doth mutation loue': Metamorphoses and Baptism""; ""6 'Through hardy enterprise': Approaching Spenser""; ""7 'Beginning then below': Questioning in Love""; ""8 Twixt them both': Questions Arising in Society""; ""9 'Upon the Pillours of Eternity': The



Fusion of Horizons""

""10 'Speeches few': An Afterword""""NOTES""; ""GLOSSARY""; ""A""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Z""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Bieman argues that from experiences of personal knowing the writer, his fictive protagonists, the reader and the interpreter participate in the production of further experiences throughout which other meanings may, evanescently, be glimpsed.