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 18
... poem to St. Cecilia , the universe , though framed by harmony , was no prototype of the earthly instrument that was the inspiration of the poem . As he said in his Apology for Heroic Poetry and Poetic Licence , he could be " pleased ...
... poem to St. Cecilia , the universe , though framed by harmony , was no prototype of the earthly instrument that was the inspiration of the poem . As he said in his Apology for Heroic Poetry and Poetic Licence , he could be " pleased ...
Page 195
... poetic taste . Yet even those critics who love it most reveal some discomfort when they attempt to make its structure clear , to simplify its " elaborate art , " for the poem has a design that eludes defini- tion . " Lycidas " is ...
... poetic taste . Yet even those critics who love it most reveal some discomfort when they attempt to make its structure clear , to simplify its " elaborate art , " for the poem has a design that eludes defini- tion . " Lycidas " is ...
Page 197
... poem . " 5 Many critics , attempting to grasp this elusive structural and emotional quality of " Lycidas , " and not finding any entirely satisfying literary source , have found analogy in music . They have compared the plan of ...
... poem . " 5 Many critics , attempting to grasp this elusive structural and emotional quality of " Lycidas , " and not finding any entirely satisfying literary source , have found analogy in music . They have compared the plan of ...
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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