The monograph by Verena Olejniczak Lobsien , published by De Gruyter in 2010, explores the complex "configurations" of Neoplatonism in 16th and 17th-century English literature. Lobsien argues that Neoplatonism functioned as a dynamic imaginative force—a "configuration" that allowed authors to navigate the tension between the visible and the invisible, the material and the divine.
Transparency and Dissimulation: Configurations of Neoplatonism in Early Modern English Literature. Transformationen der Antike 16. Academia.edu A Cartesian Renaissance - Spenser Online Archive Transparency and Dissimulation: Configurations ...
: Specifically, the study looks at The Faerie Queene , where Neoplatonism provides the framework for understanding aesthetic perfection and moral virtue. The monograph by Verena Olejniczak Lobsien , published
Lobsien traces these philosophical strands through the works of several major English authors, with a particular focus on: Transformationen der Antike 16
: The belief that the material world can become "transparent" to the divine, allowing the human soul to glimpse eternal truths through beauty and art.