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- catalog abstract "This volume surveys the literary treatment of the Orpheus myth as the myth of the essence of poetry - the ability to encounter the fullest possible intensity of beauty and sorrow and to transform them into song. The first half of the book concentrates on the ancient literary tradition, from the myth's Greek origins through the influential poetic versions of Ovid and Virgil and its treatment by other Latin authors such as Horace and Seneca. Later chapters focus on the continuities of the myth in modern literature, including the poetry of H.D., Rukeyser, Rich, Ashbery, and, especially, Rilke. The author's leitmotif throughout is the relation of poetry to art, love and death, the 'three points of the Orphic triangle'. Through close readings of individual texts, he shows how various versions of the myth oscillate between a poetry of transcendence that asserts its power over the necessities of nature - including the ultimate necessity, death - and a poetry that celebrates its immersion in the stream of life.".
- catalog contributor b2187532.
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 199-225.".
- catalog description "The magic of Orpheus and the ambiguities of language -- Orpheus and the fourth Georgic: Virgil on nature and civilization -- Ovid's Orpheus and Augustan ideology -- Virgil and Ovid on Orpheus: a second look -- Dissonant sympathy: song, Orpheus, and the golden age in Seneca's tragedies -- Orpheus in Rilke: the hidden roots of being -- Orpheus from antiquity to today: retrospect and prospect.".
- catalog description "This volume surveys the literary treatment of the Orpheus myth as the myth of the essence of poetry - the ability to encounter the fullest possible intensity of beauty and sorrow and to transform them into song. The first half of the book concentrates on the ancient literary tradition, from the myth's Greek origins through the influential poetic versions of Ovid and Virgil and its treatment by other Latin authors such as Horace and Seneca. Later chapters focus on the continuities of the myth in modern literature, including the poetry of H.D., Rukeyser, Rich, Ashbery, and, especially, Rilke. The author's leitmotif throughout is the relation of poetry to art, love and death, the 'three points of the Orphic triangle'. Through close readings of individual texts, he shows how various versions of the myth oscillate between a poetry of transcendence that asserts its power over the necessities of nature - including the ultimate necessity, death - and a poetry that celebrates its immersion in the stream of life.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 233 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Orpheus.".
- catalog identifier "0801837081 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Orpheus.".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Orpheus.".
- catalog subject "880/.9/351 19".
- catalog subject "Classical literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Classicism.".
- catalog subject "Literature, Modern Classical influences.".
- catalog subject "Orpheus (Greek mythological character) In literature.".
- catalog subject "Orpheus (Greek mythology) in literature.".
- catalog subject "PA3015.R5 O827 1989".
- catalog subject "Poets in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The magic of Orpheus and the ambiguities of language -- Orpheus and the fourth Georgic: Virgil on nature and civilization -- Ovid's Orpheus and Augustan ideology -- Virgil and Ovid on Orpheus: a second look -- Dissonant sympathy: song, Orpheus, and the golden age in Seneca's tragedies -- Orpheus in Rilke: the hidden roots of being -- Orpheus from antiquity to today: retrospect and prospect.".
- catalog title "Orpheus : the myth of the poet / Charles Segal.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".