Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650Rutgers University Press, 1962 - 292 pages The author traces the history of metaphysical ideas about music and explores the place of these in the poetry of Milton. |
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Page 211
... Orpheus reference in " Lycidas " is not an isolated one . Milton's work is filled with references to the Orpheus legend . In " L'Allegro " and " Il Penseroso , " it provides merely a charm- ing poetic image : Orpheus in " golden slumber ...
... Orpheus reference in " Lycidas " is not an isolated one . Milton's work is filled with references to the Orpheus legend . In " L'Allegro " and " Il Penseroso , " it provides merely a charm- ing poetic image : Orpheus in " golden slumber ...
Page 215
... Orpheus and Lycidas - conceptions of their Christian authors - are granted that fate . As Orpheus mounts with Apollo , the chorus sings of how he will receive celestial honor amidst incense and prayers where sorrow is no more : Vanne ...
... Orpheus and Lycidas - conceptions of their Christian authors - are granted that fate . As Orpheus mounts with Apollo , the chorus sings of how he will receive celestial honor amidst incense and prayers where sorrow is no more : Vanne ...
Page 216
... Orpheus : Tu , ricca primavera , De ' fiori tesoriera , Di croco e d'amaranto , Di bianchi gigli e rose Tessi ad Orfeo il prezioso manto . ( V.844-848 ) In both works appears the not unusual conception of the creation of a new God who ...
... Orpheus : Tu , ricca primavera , De ' fiori tesoriera , Di croco e d'amaranto , Di bianchi gigli e rose Tessi ad Orfeo il prezioso manto . ( V.844-848 ) In both works appears the not unusual conception of the creation of a new God who ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
A Religious Controversy | 47 |
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