Musical Backgrounds for English Literature, 1580-1650Greenwood Press, 1976 - 292 pages
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... ecstasy or rapture . The conception was woven into the poetry of Shakespeare , Milton , and many lesser men . But the idea was not only a poetic one ; it became a basic factor in seventeenth - century arguments over the use of ...
... ecstasy or rapture . The conception was woven into the poetry of Shakespeare , Milton , and many lesser men . But the idea was not only a poetic one ; it became a basic factor in seventeenth - century arguments over the use of ...
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... ecstasy inspired by the devil , the devout must ever be on guard . " The Renaissance philosopher , Marsilio Ficino , distin- guished between the actual leaving of the body by the soul and an inner rapture , in which the soul separated ...
... ecstasy inspired by the devil , the devout must ever be on guard . " The Renaissance philosopher , Marsilio Ficino , distin- guished between the actual leaving of the body by the soul and an inner rapture , in which the soul separated ...
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... ecstasy were usually modified by such phrases as " for the time , ” “ in a manner , ” “ as it were , " or " almost ... ecstasy as it had been in the past ; more than this , it became a question for controversy . Broadly speaking ...
... ecstasy were usually modified by such phrases as " for the time , ” “ in a manner , ” “ as it were , " or " almost ... ecstasy as it had been in the past ; more than this , it became a question for controversy . Broadly speaking ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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