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 141
... thought to have a reality of its own apart from its medium . Today the word " sound " is used to describe both external motion of the air ( the primary characteristic ) and also the effect of that motion in the mind ( the secondary ...
... thought to have a reality of its own apart from its medium . Today the word " sound " is used to describe both external motion of the air ( the primary characteristic ) and also the effect of that motion in the mind ( the secondary ...
Page 157
... thought , worked by a mechanical force . The fact that nerves , in time , took the place of spirits did not impede the development of this idea , for nerves were thought to be strung up to such tension as could make them apt to vibrate ...
... thought , worked by a mechanical force . The fact that nerves , in time , took the place of spirits did not impede the development of this idea , for nerves were thought to be strung up to such tension as could make them apt to vibrate ...
Page 173
... thought from one " rich with colour and sound ... speaking every- where of purposive harmony and creative ideals ... thought . But Puritan bias does not seem to account entirely for his thought about music , for even in Paradise Lost he ...
... thought from one " rich with colour and sound ... speaking every- where of purposive harmony and creative ideals ... thought . But Puritan bias does not seem to account entirely for his thought about music , for even in Paradise Lost he ...
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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