The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and MiltonThis brief and illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan age and later is an indispensable companion for readers of the great writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries—Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatists, Donne and Milton, among many others. The basic medieval idea of an ordered Chain of Being is studied by Professor Tillyard in the process of its various transformations by the dynamic spirit of the Renaissance. Among his topics are: Angels; the Stars and Fortunes; the Analogy between Macrocosm and Microcosm; the Four Elements; the Four Humours; Sympathies; Correspondences; and the Cosmic Dance—ideas and symbols which inspirited the minds and imaginations not only of the Elizabethans but of all men of the Renaissance. |
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... functions , while the body lies dead like a carcass , without breath sense motion or nourishment , only as a pledge to assure us of the soul's return . It is to this mystical state that the two ... function of THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN 71.
... function was to provide symbols or to point morals for the benefit of man . The ant was a wonderful creation , but the chief thing was that he was there for the sluggard to go to . The bees were wonderfully organ- ised , but the chief ...
... functions in the state are made to correspond to different functions of the body . One of the most elaborate medieval statements is by an Englishman , John 88 THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE.
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The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of ... Eustace M. Tillyard No preview available - 1959 |
The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of ... Eustace M. Tillyard No preview available - 1959 |