Platonism and the English Imagination
Platonism and the English Imagination by Anna Baldwin
English | 24 Mar. 1994 | ISBN: 0521403081 | 376 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
English | 24 Mar. 1994 | ISBN: 0521403081 | 376 Pages | PDF | 6 MB
This is the first compendious study of the influence of Platonism on the English literary tradition, showing how English writers used Platonic themes and images within their own imaginative work. Source texts include Plato's Dialogues, and the writings of Neoplatonists and the early Christians who were largely responsible for assimilating Platonic ideas into a Christian culture;