Editing Gemistos Plethon (section)

==In modern literature==
Early in his writing career, [[E. M. Forster]] attempted a historical novel about Plethon and [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]], but was not satisfied with the result and never published it — though he kept the manuscript and later showed it to [[Naomi Mitchison]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mitchison|first1=Naomi|title=You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920–1940|year=1986|orig-year=1979|publisher=Fontana Paperbacks|location=London|isbn=978-0-00-654193-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nas5AAAACAAJ|chapter=11: Morgan Comes to Tea}}</ref> Forster also wrote an essay about Plethon, to be found in his book ''[[Abinger Harvest]]''.

[[Ezra Pound]] included Plethon in his poem ''[[The Cantos]]''. References to Plethon and Sigismondo Malatesta can be found in Canto 8. Plethon is also mentioned in Cantos 23 and 26. Pound was fascinated by the effect that Plethon's conversation may have had on Cosimo de Medici and his decision to acquire Greek manuscripts of Plato and Neoplatonic philosophers. By having manuscripts brought from Greece and becoming the patron of "the young boy, Ficino," Cosimo facilitated the preservation and transmission of the Greek cultural patrimony into the modern world after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Plethon thus played a key but hidden role in the Italian Renaissance.

Plethon and his school are depicted in the 2008 novel ''The Perfect Remembrance of Death'' ({{lang|sr|Savršeno sećanje na smrt}}) by Serbian writer [[Radoslav Petković]], whose main character survives the fall of Constantinople and remembers his early days in Mystra as Plethon's pupil.