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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... heaven , ” paralleled in the small instrument , man . " The whole world , ” wrote John Dee , " is , as it were , a lyre ... and man too , for all is analo- gous . " For Edward Benlowes in Theophila , “ sweet Religion strings , and tunes ...
... heaven , ” paralleled in the small instrument , man . " The whole world , ” wrote John Dee , " is , as it were , a lyre ... and man too , for all is analo- gous . " For Edward Benlowes in Theophila , “ sweet Religion strings , and tunes ...
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... heaven ! " " It was an introduction to the harmony in which man hoped some time to share . Sir Philip Sidney's biographer , Fulke Greville , related that Sidney , on his deathbed , called for music , “ to fashion and enfranchise his ...
... heaven ! " " It was an introduction to the harmony in which man hoped some time to share . Sir Philip Sidney's biographer , Fulke Greville , related that Sidney , on his deathbed , called for music , “ to fashion and enfranchise his ...
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... heaven , but heaven that was brought to man . By influx of divine spirit , not withdrawal of soul or spirit , man was made celestial . He need not even have a harmonious soul to be so affected . " The sullenest Creature " could be moved ...
... heaven , but heaven that was brought to man . By influx of divine spirit , not withdrawal of soul or spirit , man was made celestial . He need not even have a harmonious soul to be so affected . " The sullenest Creature " could be moved ...
Contents
A World of Instruments | 1 |
A Book of Knowledge | 21 |
An AntiPythagorean Cross | 126 |
Copyright | |
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