Renewed is the second of four books in APHRODITE that employ “hypertexts.” Here the objects of imitation are Apollonius’ Argonautica, Vergil’s Eclogues and the Koran, superimposed upon the underlying design of Spenser’s three-part Faerie Queene (Books I-II, III-IV and V-VI). MM will use these texts in relation to his treatment of Alexandria, the Nile and Cairo, which he visited, along with South America, Iberia, the Middle East, Greece and Italy, during his 1999-2000 trip around the world. “A Note on Genre” (see MM:SC) identifies the book’s theme as “a renouvellement de l’esprit.”