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 54
... described gradual ascent through contemplation of earthly beauty - a theory of which Macrobius was ob- viously aware . In the Phaedrus , Plato described the process by which the soul , recollecting those things that it " once beheld ...
... described gradual ascent through contemplation of earthly beauty - a theory of which Macrobius was ob- viously aware . In the Phaedrus , Plato described the process by which the soul , recollecting those things that it " once beheld ...
Page 95
... described in a uniquely literal imagery and often as an amorous experience in which ear or soul could be enamoured of music itself . Harmony , like beauty , could draw soul from body to itself , it was imagined , by natural power , and ...
... described in a uniquely literal imagery and often as an amorous experience in which ear or soul could be enamoured of music itself . Harmony , like beauty , could draw soul from body to itself , it was imagined , by natural power , and ...
Page 163
... described by Ficino , which finds voice in all kinds of individual spirits , whether sirens of the spheres , angels in heaven , or genii and demons in the elements , and which may be transmitted to man either to refine or to give life ...
... described by Ficino , which finds voice in all kinds of individual spirits , whether sirens of the spheres , angels in heaven , or genii and demons in the elements , and which may be transmitted to man either to refine or to give life ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
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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