Allen, Michael J. B.

Overview

Works:	57 works in 225 publications in 4 languages and 7,839 library holdings
Roles:	Compiler, Translator, Editor, Author of introduction
Classifications:	e101, 822.33

Publication Timeline

1970 |

|2010

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Publications about Michael J. B Allen

Publications by Michael J. B Allen

Most widely held works by Michael J. B Allen

First images of America : the impact of the New World on the Old ( Book )
4 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 873 libraries worldwide

Platonic theology by Marsilio Ficino ( Book )
75 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 658 libraries worldwide
Marsilio Ficino's Platonic evangelising was eminently successful and widely influential. His 'Platonic Theology' is one of the keys to understanding the art, thought, culture, and spirituality of the Renaissance.

Nuptial arithmetic Marsilio Ficino's commentary on the fatal number in Book VIII of Plato's Republic by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
10 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in English and held by 617 libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's plays in quarto : a facsimile edition of copies primarily from the Henry E. Huntington Library by William Shakespeare ( Book )
4 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 596 libraries worldwide

Marsilio Ficino his theology, his philosophy, his legacy ( Book )
11 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 574 libraries worldwide
This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the Florentine scholar, philosopher and priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism and whose long-lasting influence on philosophy, love and music theory, medicine and magis extended across Europe.

Sources and analogues of Old English poetry : the major Latin texts in translation by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
2 editions published in 1975 in English and held by 561 libraries worldwide

The Philebus commentary by Marsilio Ficino ( Book )
19 editions published between 1975 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 519 libraries worldwide

The platonism of Marsilio Ficino : a study of his Phaedrus commentary, its sources and genesis by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
6 editions published in 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 444 libraries worldwide

Marsilio Ficino and the Phaedran charioteer : introduction, texts, translations by Marsilio Ficino ( Book )
1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 405 libraries worldwide

Icastes : Marsilio Ficino's interpretation of Plato's Sophist : five studies and a critical edition with translation by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
6 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 303 libraries worldwide

Commentaries on Plato by Marsilio Ficino ( Book )
10 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Latin and held by 270 libraries worldwide
This volume contains analysis and commentary on the 'Phaedrus', which is explicated as a meditation on 'beauty in all its forms' and a work of theology. The commentary on the 'Ion' explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God.

MacBeth ( Visual )
3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 250 libraries worldwide
Key scenes of the play are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.

Sir Philip Sidney's achievements ( Book )
5 editions published in 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 220 libraries worldwide

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 201 libraries worldwide
Key scenes of the play are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.

Plato's third eye : studies in Marsilio Ficino's metaphysics and its sources by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
6 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 151 libraries worldwide

Synoptic art : Marsilio Ficino on the history of platonic interpretation by Michael J. B Allen ( Book )
7 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and held by 117 libraries worldwide

Hamlet ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 94 libraries worldwide
Key scenes from this Shakespeare tragedy are acted, then analyzed and interpreted throughout the play. This tragedy is the story of a young prince torn by indecision.

Sources and analogues of Old English poetry : the major Latin texts in translation ( Book )
7 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 90 libraries worldwide

Understanding Shakespeare : the tragedy series ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 76 libraries worldwide
Key scenes from four Shakespeare tragedies are acted, then analyzed and interpreted throughout the play.

Hamlet prince of Denmark ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 57 libraries worldwide
Key scenes of the play are enacted by classically trained actors, then analyzed and interpreted by internationally renowned Shakespeare scholars. Insightful comments help explain meaning, characters, motives, background action and plot.