This book offers a radical reappraisal of the reputation of Plato in England between 1423 and 1603. Using many materials not hitherto available, including evidence of book publishing and book ownership, together with a comprehensive survey of allusions to Plato, the author shows that the English were far less interested in Plato than most historians have thought. Although the English, like the French, knew the `court' Plato as well as the `school' Plato, the English published only two works by Plato during this ...
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This book offers a radical reappraisal of the reputation of Plato in England between 1423 and 1603. Using many materials not hitherto available, including evidence of book publishing and book ownership, together with a comprehensive survey of allusions to Plato, the author shows that the English were far less interested in Plato than most historians have thought. Although the English, like the French, knew the `court' Plato as well as the `school' Plato, the English published only two works by Plato during this period, while the French published well over 100 editions, including several of the complete Works. In England allusions to Plato occur more often in prose writers such as Whetstone, Green, and Lodge, than in poets like Spenser and Chapman. Sidney did take his `Stella' from Plato, but most English allusions to Plato were taken not directly from Plato or from Ficino, but from other authors, especially Mornay, Nani-Mirabelli, Ricchieri, Steuco, and Tixier.
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Do not let the price of this book deter you. Sears Jayne may be America's foremost authority on Plato studies in renaissance England. He is known around the world for the excellence of his scholarship. This book crystallizes his many years' devotion to the topic of his title. What he has to say is scholarly and is lucid, thorough, and succinct. Bibliographically, his work is impeccable. The research he chose to publish in this volume is only a small portion of his life's work, much of which remains archived in manuscript form. Since I studied with him, and wrote my doctoral dissertation on Sir Philip Sidney's use of Plato under his observing eye while we were both at Brown University in the early 1970s, you may or may not wish to accept my opinion of the quality and worth of this book. If, however, you have any interest in knowing anything at all about this subject, you will do yourself a total disservice not to read this man's work.
