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Mulvey-Roberts, Marie

 
9781138796218: British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals)
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ISBN 10: 1138796212 ISBN 13: 9781138796218
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Sinopsis

A surprisingly large number of English poets have either belonged to a secret society, or been strongly influenced by its tenets. One of the best known examples is Christopher Smart’s membership of the Freemasons, and the resulting influence of Masonic doctrines on A Song to David. However, many other poets have belonged to, or been influenced by not only the Freemasons, but the Rosicrucians, Gormogons and Hell-Fire Clubs. First published in 1986, this study concentrates on five major examples: Smart, Burns, William Blake, William Butler Yeats and Rudyard Kipling, as well as a number of other poets. Marie Roberts questions why so many poets have been powerfully attracted to the secret societies, and considers the effectiveness of poetry as a medium for conveying secret emblems and ritual. She shows how some poets believed that poetry would prove a hidden symbolic language in which to reveal great truths.

The beliefs of these poets are as diverse as their practice, and this book sheds fascinating light on several major writers.

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Editorial
Routledge
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1138796212
ISBN 13 
9781138796218
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1
Número de páginas
212
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