N. Kershaw Chadwick

Poetry and Prophecy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1952 book is an inquiry into the relations in origin between literature and inspiration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 161g
• ISBN-13: 9781107689510
• ISBN-10: 1107689511
• Artikelnr.: 33773195

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Poetic inspiration and the trance of the seer: the evidence of Early Europe
2. The trance of the seer: the evidence of modern oral literature
3. Inspiration: the seer's call, and his artistic and spiritual gifts
4. The Mantic technique and the artificial regulation of ecstasy
5. Ritual and magic, and their relationship to the Mantic tradition
6. The spiritual journeys of the seer.