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The untuning of the sky : ideas of music in English poetry, 1500-1700 / by John Hollander.
LIBRA Special ML3849 .H6 1970
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollander, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music and literature.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Music and literature--History--16th century.
- History.
- Music and literature--History--17th century.
- Cosmology.
- English poetry--Early modern.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 467 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, 1970.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- "From heav'nly harmony"
- "The diapason closing full in man" : the musical subject in humanist poetry
- "What passions cannot music raise and quell?"
- "The sacred organ's praise"
- The sky untuned : the trivialization of universal harmony.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-456).
- OCLC:
- 2287868
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