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 55
... beauty , of the lover " who , when he sees beauty on earth , remembering the true beauty , feels his wings growing and longs to stretch them for an upward flight . Only the philosopher , however , has this winged soul , and in neither ...
... beauty , of the lover " who , when he sees beauty on earth , remembering the true beauty , feels his wings growing and longs to stretch them for an upward flight . Only the philosopher , however , has this winged soul , and in neither ...
Page 83
... Beauty first Excite . " How then may music serve love ? Love , wrote the Neo- platonists , is desire for beauty . The innate creative impulse characteristic of love desires to produce beauty , but it desires always to return to divine ...
... Beauty first Excite . " How then may music serve love ? Love , wrote the Neo- platonists , is desire for beauty . The innate creative impulse characteristic of love desires to produce beauty , but it desires always to return to divine ...
Page 89
... Beauty in a restrict accep- tion relates to a proportionable concord in visible things , as Harmony in audible . The desire of this Beauty is Love ; arising onely from one knowing faculty , the Sight . ” Beauty in a restricted sense is ...
... Beauty in a restrict accep- tion relates to a proportionable concord in visible things , as Harmony in audible . The desire of this Beauty is Love ; arising onely from one knowing faculty , the Sight . ” Beauty in a restricted sense is ...
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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