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Mirror of Minds : Psychological Beliefs in English Poetry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Alexander LecturesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014Copyright date: ©1962Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442632691
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mirror of MindsLOC classification:
  • PR508.P9 B398 1962
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Poetry of the Soul's Instruments during the Renaissance -- II. The Development of Shakespeare's Attitude to the Mind -- III. Reason, the Passions, and Associations from Dryden to Wordsworth -- IV. Associations, Intuition, and Immortal Longings in the Nineteenth Century -- V. The Individual and the Racial Image in Modern Poetry -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: The aim of this book is to illustrate the ways in which at various periods English poetry has reflected current views of the human mind, with special reference to such topics as its place in the cosmos, its relations with the body, the connections between sense, passions, and reason, the problem of soul and its possible survival after death.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Poetry of the Soul's Instruments during the Renaissance -- II. The Development of Shakespeare's Attitude to the Mind -- III. Reason, the Passions, and Associations from Dryden to Wordsworth -- IV. Associations, Intuition, and Immortal Longings in the Nineteenth Century -- V. The Individual and the Racial Image in Modern Poetry -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The aim of this book is to illustrate the ways in which at various periods English poetry has reflected current views of the human mind, with special reference to such topics as its place in the cosmos, its relations with the body, the connections between sense, passions, and reason, the problem of soul and its possible survival after death.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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