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Orpheus With His Lute

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Author : Elisabeth Henry
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 1992

Orpheus With His Lute written by Elisabeth Henry and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Art categories.

The legend of Orpheus has exerted a powerful influence on the work of poets and artists through the ages--from the poetry of Virgil and Ovid and the Ovidian romances of the Middle Ages to the new mythologies of Blake and Rilke. Orpheus was believed to have aroused responses from inanimate nature as well as from living creatures, bringing about a peaceful order and even--in some cases-- restoring the dead to life. This challenging new study analyses the changing images of Orpheus in the poetry, sculpture and vase-painting of the ancient world. The author shows how later versions diverge from the early story of the divinely inspired poet-musician and reflect conflicting ideas about the nature of poetic creativity, its sources and powers. Orpheus with His Lute is essential reading for all those interested in literature and the psychology of aesthetic experience. It will also be of value to students of philosophy and the history of religion.

Orpheus

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Author : Charles Segal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Orpheus written by Charles Segal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Literary Criticism categories.

This volume surveys the literary treatment of the Orpheus myth as the myth of the essence of poetry - the ability to encounter the fullest possible intensity of beauty and sorrow and to transform them into song. The first half of the book concentrates on the ancient literary tradition, from the myth's Greek origins through the influential poetic versions of Ovid and Virgil and its treatment by other Latin authors such as Horace and Seneca. Later chapters focus on the continuities of the myth in modern literature, including the poetry of H.D., Rukeyser, Rich, Ashbery, and, especially, Rilke. The author's leitmotif throughout is the relation of poetry to art, love and death, the 'three points of the Orphic triangle'. Through close readings of individual texts, he shows how various versions of the myth oscillate between a poetry of transcendence that asserts its power over the necessities of nature - including the ultimate necessity, death - and a poetry that celebrates its immersion in the stream of life.

Orpheus

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Author : George Robert Stow Mead
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

Orpheus written by George Robert Stow Mead and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Cults categories.

Tracing Orpheus

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Author : Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-12-08

Tracing Orpheus written by Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-08 with Literary Criticism categories.

There is hardly a more controversial issue in the study of ancient religion than Orphism. More than two centuries of debate have not closed the subject, since new evidence and divergent approaches have kept appearing regularly. This volume sheds light on the most relevant pieces of evidence for ancient Orphism, collected in the recent edition by Alberto Bernabé. It contains 65 short new studies on Orphic fragments by leading international scholars who comment one of the most controversial phenomena in Antiquity from a plurality of perspectives. Readers will acquire a global vision of the multiple dimensions of the Orphic tradition, as well as many new insights into particular Orphic fragments.

Orpheus And Greek Religion

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Author : William Keith Guthrie
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1993-10-10

Orpheus And Greek Religion written by William Keith Guthrie and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-10-10 with Philosophy categories.

The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his voice. Plato cites his poetry and Herodotus refers to "practices that are called Orphic." Did Orpheus, in fact, exist? His influence on Greek thought is undeniable, but his disciples left little of substance behind them. Indeed, their Orphic precepts have been lost to time. W.K.C. Guthrie attempts to uncover and define Orphism by following its circuitous path through ancient history. He tackles this daunting task with the determination of a detective and the analytical rigor of a classical scholar. He ferries his readers with him on a singular voyage of discovery.

Orpheus In Middle Ages

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Author : John Block Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2000-06-01

Orpheus In Middle Ages written by John Block Friedman and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

Orpheus, the Thracian signer who charmed nature with the music of his lyre and traveled to the underworld to win back his wife, Ewydice, is a familiar figure in Western culture. Yet, as each age modified his deeds and altered the narrative to make the Orpheus myth conform to the values of the day, his legend acquired many new and surprising meanings. Friedman examines the various reshaping's of the myth from the Hellenistic age through the late Middle Ages. He presents primarily a literary study, but draws as well upon art and iconography, indicating how literary characterizations of Orpheus gave rise to new iconographical details for his portrayals in art, which in turn led to different portrayals in literature. He first outlines the figure of Orpheus in antiquity. He continues with an examination of the significant conceptual changes in the Orpheus myth. In the religious and philosophical writings of Hellenistic Jews and, later, Christians, Orpheus appears as a monotheist. He emerges as a Good Shepherd figure in late antique art and eventually is identified with Christ as a guide of men's souls to the afterlife. In the Middle Ages, Orpheus' relationship with Ewydice gains importance. The pair first serve a didactic and moralizing purpose, coming together as in Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy, more as the abstractions of reason and passion than as tragic lovers. In the later Middle Ages, however, they appear as a secular couple who illustrate the power of the god Amor over the human heart. Orpheus becomes a courtly knight and the writer of elegant love lyrics. The blending of these two medieval traditions is seen in Robert Henryson's Orpheus and Eurydice. Friedman pays special attention to this work as well as to the romance Sir Orfeo. Thus, the propagation of religious belief—one of the primary concerns of the early Middle Ages— was reflected in the early conceptions of Orpheus. Later, with the growth of the courtly love tradition Orpheus and Eurydice became significant as lovers. This book illustrates the vitality and flexibility that a myth must possess as it adapts to different eras and embodies the interests and concerns of each.

Eurydice Or Little Orpheus And His Lute A Grand Burlesque Extravaganza Being A Second Edition Of Orpheus And Eurydice Etc

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Author : Henry James Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

Eurydice Or Little Orpheus And His Lute A Grand Burlesque Extravaganza Being A Second Edition Of Orpheus And Eurydice Etc written by Henry James Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with categories.

Orpheus And Other Poems

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Author : Edward Burrough Brownlow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896

Orpheus And Other Poems written by Edward Burrough Brownlow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Canadian poetry categories.

Orpheus Or Art And Artifice By Trim Act Ii The Private View Arranged For Separate Representation Acting Ed

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Author : Trim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

Orpheus Or Art And Artifice By Trim Act Ii The Private View Arranged For Separate Representation Acting Ed written by Trim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with categories.

Wild Animals In Captivity Or Orpheus At The Zoo And Other Papers

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Author : Charles John Cornish
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894

Wild Animals In Captivity Or Orpheus At The Zoo And Other Papers written by Charles John Cornish and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Animal behavior categories.