Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Conversions: Around Tintoretto 7
7. 2. Turning Toward the World: Lucretius, in Theory 31
8. 3. Spenserian Askesis: The 1590 Faerie Queene 63
9. 4. Margaret Cavendish and Lucy Hutchinson: Writing Matter 122
10. 5. Milton’s Angels 179
11. Notes 211
12. Works Cited 247
13. Index 263