Spenser's Supreme Fiction

In Spenser''s Supreme Fiction, Jon A. Quitslund offers a rich analysis of The Faerie Queene and of several texts contributing to the revival of Platonism stimulated by Marsilio Ficino''s labours as a translator and interpreter of Plato and the ancient Neoplatonists. To the old issue of the scope and character of Spenser''s Platonism, Quitslund brings fresh insights from contemporary views on gende...