Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650The author traces the history of metaphysical ideas about music and explores the place of these in the poetry of Milton. |
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Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 (Classic Reprint) Gretchen Ludke Finney No preview available - 2018 |
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| Title | Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 |
| Author | Gretchen Ludke Finney |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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