Celestial aspirations : classical impulses in British poetry and art / Philip Hardie.

"Between the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth century, the British imagination--poetic, political, intellectual, spiritual and religious--displayed a pronounced fascination with images of ascent and flight to the heavens. Celestial Aspirations explores how British literature and art durin...

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Main Author:	Hardie, Philip R. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:	E. H. Gombrich lecture series.
Subjects:	English poetry > Classical influences. Art, English > Classical influences. Heaven in literature. Heaven in art. Poésie anglaise > Influence ancienne. Art anglais > Influence ancienne. Ciel > Aspect religieux, dans la littérature. Ciel > Aspect religieux, dans l'art.
Physical Description:	xi, 361 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Format:	Book