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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... emblems were in emblem books . An emblem was so called whether " embrodered in garmentes , graven in stone , enchased in golde , wrought in Arras . " " Mosaics were emblems revealing “ what Rome , Greece , Palestine , ere said . ” ” 11 ...
... emblems were in emblem books . An emblem was so called whether " embrodered in garmentes , graven in stone , enchased in golde , wrought in Arras . " " Mosaics were emblems revealing “ what Rome , Greece , Palestine , ere said . ” ” 11 ...
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... emblem writer applied to relationships between brethren , friends , and lovers . Henry Peacham , in Minerva Britanna ( 1612 ) , used a music manuscript to illustrate the juxtaposition of concord and discord , explaining that " the first ...
... emblem writer applied to relationships between brethren , friends , and lovers . Henry Peacham , in Minerva Britanna ( 1612 ) , used a music manuscript to illustrate the juxtaposition of concord and discord , explaining that " the first ...
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... emblems , The Soules Solace [ London , 1631 ] , p . 27 , describes man tuned by God's minister , and concludes ... emblem books Hercules was portrayed choosing between Virtue , holding a book , and Vice , with mask and lute . A ...
... emblems , The Soules Solace [ London , 1631 ] , p . 27 , describes man tuned by God's minister , and concludes ... emblem books Hercules was portrayed choosing between Virtue , holding a book , and Vice , with mask and lute . A ...
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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