... of Ireland (ca. 1598). A scheme for the Tudor reconquest of Ireland, A View takes the form of a fictitious dialogue between two interlocutors: a reform-­minded pupil, Eudoxus, and a more domineer- ing, Socratic figure, Irenius, who has just returned from a stay in Ireland, though in what capacity...

... it, where history belongs. Moreover, such a zone shapes perceptions to fit the facts of the zone. It hardens differences. This perhaps counterintuitive effect is developed explicitly in Spenser’s dialogue A View of the Present State of Ireland, where the two char- acters, Eudoxus and Irenius...