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Louis le Roy's Sympose de Platon and Three Other Renaissance Adaptations of Platonic Eros

Schachter, Marc

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Abstract

This essay considers commentaries on and translations of Plato’s Symposium (by Marsilio Ficino, the Henri Estienne-Jean de Serres team, and, preeminently, Louis Le Roy) as well as an influential Neoplatonic passage from Baldassar Castiglione’s Il Cortegiano to explore some of the implications of, and dynamics behind, the heterosexualization of Platonic eros in the Renaissance. Focusing on the specific work done by different texts in particular contexts rather than homogenizing the translation of pederastic eros, the essay contributes to a critical genealogy of heterosexuality. Links between Le Roy’s effort and the cultural and political ambitions of the French monarchy receive particular attention.

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Schachter, M. (2006). Louis le Roy's Sympose de Platon and Three Other Renaissance Adaptations of Platonic Eros. Renaissance Quarterly, 59(2), 406-439. https://doi.org/10.1353/ren.2008.0331

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2006
Deposit Date Oct 29, 2014
Journal Renaissance Quarterly
Print ISSN 0034-4338
Electronic ISSN 1935-0236
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 59
Issue 2
Pages 406-439
DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/ren.2008.0331
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1442939
Publisher URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/594996