Elizabethan Mythologies: Studies in Poetry, Drama and Music

by Robin Headlam Wells

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For lovers of music and poetry the legendary figure of Orpheus probably suggests a romantic ideal. But for the Renaissance he is essentially a political figure. Mythographers interpreted the Orpheus story as an allegory of the birth of civilization because they recognized in the arts in which Orpheus excelled an instrument of social control so powerful that with it you could, as one writer put it, 'winne Cities and whole Countries'. Dealing with plays,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521035023

ISBN13:9780521035026

Release Date:December 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:0.96 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Medieval Movements & Periods Music Renaissance

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