Also on Spenser and Aquinas, see the four articles by Gerald Morgan cited
in the revised Faerie Queene: RES for 1981, MLR for 1986, RES for 1986, and
an article in the collection ed Ni Cuilleanain, NOBLE AND JOYOUS HISTORIES.
Bert
At 01:23 PM 2001-11-07 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Christine,
>For Aquinas as part of the mix that
>led from Aristotle to FQ, besides the old standard Viola Blackburn Hulbert
>diss. excerpted in the Variorum and sources cited there, see Father Maurice
>B. MacNamee, Honor and the Epic Hero: A Studyof the Shifting Concept
>ofMagnanimity in Philosophy and Epic Poetry NY Holt Rinehart and Winston,
>1960 and Michael F. Moloney, "Sp. Aquinas, and St Thomas's Virtue of
>Magnificence" JEGP 52 (1953) on how far it is virtuous for a Christian to
>pursue fame. I think the conversation between Palmer and RCK in II.i.32-33
>perfectly exemplifies AQuinas's 2 motives: to glorify God as helper and to
>set an example to neighbors.
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