Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Texts and Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE: The Maker’s Mind
7. 1. The Author in 1580 and 1590 19
8. 2. The World and the Book 52
9. 3. The Poet as Magus and Viator 78
10. 4. Platonic Natural Philosophy in the Aeneid 103
11. PART TWO: ‘Within this wide great Vniuerse’
12. 5. Nature in The Faerie Queene: Concepts and Phenomena 133
13. 6. Reading the Garden of Adonis Canto 184
14. 7. The Platonic Program of the Garden Canto 227
15. 8. The Faerie Queene in 1596 and 1609 267
16. Conclusion 299
17. Notes 307
18. Works Cited 339
19. General Index 359
20. Index of Names and Places in The Faerie Queene 371