Also Gabriel Harvey's role as an informal educator of his younger friend
must be taken into account. Thanks to Virginia Stern, Lisa Jardine, and
others, we know a lot about what Gabriel Harvey knew and considered
interesting. I seem to recall that Harvey was interested in Ramus, who
represented an educational innovation at the time, so Slpenser might
have jumped on this band-wagon. On the Ramusian revolution, see Wilbur
Samuel Howell's book (old) and Jardi
ne's work (fairly recent).
Carol
On 2/22/2011 1:35 AM, Valery Rees wrote:
> For his extra-curricular interests in Cambridge you might like to look
> at my article in Spenser Studies 24 (2009) ‘Ficinian Ideas in the Poetry
> of Edmund Spenser’, especially its Appendix: ‘Availability of the Works
> of Ficino and Plato and their Place in the Cambridge Curriculum’.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Valery Rees
>
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