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The untuning of the sky : ideas of music in English poetry, 1500-1700

Title
  1. The untuning of the sky : ideas of music in English poetry, 1500-1700 / by John Hollander.
Published by
  1. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1961.
Author
  1. Hollander, John.

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  1. Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry NjP
Description
  1. xii, 467 p. : ill., facsims.; 22 cm.
Subject
  1. 1500-1700
  2. Music and literature > History > 16th century
  3. Music and literature > History > 17th century
  4. English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
  5. English poetry > Early modern
  6. Music and literature
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Introductory -- "From heav'nly harmony" -- "The diapason closing full in man" : the musical subject in humanist poetry -- "What passions cannot music raise and quell?" -- "The sacred organ's praise" -- The sky untuned : the trivialization of universal harmony.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
  2. ExRML copy is gift of Leonard L. Milberg '53 in honor of Richard M. Ludwig.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 437-456.