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 3
... parallel between the body of man , his works , his universe , and the musical instruments that he knew and heard , created an independent imagery that pervaded both poetical and philosophical writing for many years . I Such a conception ...
... parallel between the body of man , his works , his universe , and the musical instruments that he knew and heard , created an independent imagery that pervaded both poetical and philosophical writing for many years . I Such a conception ...
Page 207
... parallel , such a form should have prologue and epilogue . It should deal seriously with a pastoral subject in which classic and Christian ideas are combined . The parallel would prove still more complete if that musical form emphasized ...
... parallel , such a form should have prologue and epilogue . It should deal seriously with a pastoral subject in which classic and Christian ideas are combined . The parallel would prove still more complete if that musical form emphasized ...
Page 211
... parallel to another reference to the muse and another element inherent in the Orpheus stories - the conflict in Orpheus ' life and death between the power of Phoebus Apollo and that of Bacchus . The association was evidently close in ...
... parallel to another reference to the muse and another element inherent in the Orpheus stories - the conflict in Orpheus ' life and death between the power of Phoebus Apollo and that of Bacchus . The association was evidently close in ...
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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| Title | Musical Backgrounds for English Literature: 1580-1650 |
| Author | Gretchen Ludke Finney |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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