E. C. Pettet

Of Paradise and Light

A Study of Vaughan's Silex Scintillans

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Produktbeschreibung

Mr Pettet's 1960 study of Henry Vaughan's mature masterpiece Silex Scintillans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780521157469
• ISBN-10: 0521157463
• Artikelnr.: 31198575

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. The Shaping of the Poetry: 1. From within
2. The Bible
3. Herbert's poetry
4. Hermetic philosophy
5. The book of nature
Part II. Studies of Four Major Poems: 6. 'Regeneration' - an interpretation
7. 'The Morning-Watch'
8. 'The Night'
9. 'They are all gone into the world of light'
Part III. Some General Impressions: 10. Further notes on Vaughan's imagery
11. Vaughan's music
12. A rhetorical strain
13. The unity and continuity of Silex Scintillans
14. 'Clouded Star'
Index.