British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9781138796218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 182 str.

Marie Mulvey-Roberts;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

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

Spis treści

Plates; Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Frontispiece;  1. Introduction: Creative Underworlds  2. Christopher Smart  3. Robert Burns  4. Percy Bysshe Shelley  5. Rudyard Kipling  6. William Butler Yeats;  Bibliography;  Index

O autorze

Marie Mulvey-Roberts