Celestial aspirations : classical impulses in British poetry and art / Philip Hardie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardie, Philip R., author.

Series:

E. H. Gombrich lecture series.

Princeton scholarship online.

E. H. Gombrich lecture series

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Themes, motives.

English poetry.

Art, English--Themes, motives.

Art, English.

Heaven in literature.

Heaven in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]

Summary:

A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists. Between the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth century, the British imagination - poetic, political, intellectual, spiritual and religious - displayed a pronounced fascination with images of ascent and flight to the heavens. 'Celestial Aspirations' explores how British literature and art during that period exploited classical representations of these soaring themes - through philosophical, scientific and poetic flights of the mind; the ascension of the disembodied soul; and the celestial glorification of the ruler.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Classical Antiquity

Color Plates

3. Late Sixteenth Century to the Exaltation of Newton

4. Milton

5. After Milton

6. Visions of Apotheosis and Glory on Painted Ceilings

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index of Passages Discussed

General Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 13, 2022).

ISBN:

9780691233307

0691233306

OCLC:

1291313838