Shakespeare and platonic beauty
By: John Vyvyan
Publisher: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780856832949
Subjects: Knowledge; Social life and customs; Comedies; Philosophy; Platonic love in literature; Love in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reprint. Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1961.
Table of contents: title: Theseus and Hippolyta; title: The classical background; title: Plato in Florence; title: An introduction to the heroine as the heavenly Venus; title: "A midsummer night's dream"; title: "As you like it"; title: "All's well that ends well"; title: "Troilus annd Cressida"; title: Conclusion; title: Selected stanzas from "An hymne in honour of beautie"; title: Passages from Marsilio Ficino's commentary on the "Symposium"; title: Pico Della Mirandola's version of The ascent.