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1 online resource (212 pages) |
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Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Frontispiece; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Chapter 1: Introduction: Creative Underworlds; Chapter 2: Christopher Smart; Masonry and Madness; Jubilate Agno: A Song from Bedlam; The Lord's builder: A Song to David; Degrees of Initiation; The Glory of God and Freemasonry; Chapter 3: Robert Burns; The Freemason's Poet-Laureate; The Patronage of the Lodge; The Mason's Apron; Tis Wine ye masons makes you free -- Brothers of the Mystic Tie |
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Chapter 4: Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Bavarian Illuminati; Nightmare Abbey; The Rosicrucian; Chapter 5: Rudyard Kipling; An Empire of Freemasons; A King and a Mason -- The Labour of Lodges; In the Interests of the Brethren -- Chapter 6: William Butler Yeats; Poet and Magician; The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; Father Rosycross; The End of all Mythologies; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
A surprisingly large number of English poets have either belonged to a secret society, or been strongly influenced by its tenets. One of the best known examples is Christopher Smart's membership of the Freemasons, and the resulting influence of Masonic doctrines on A Song to David. However, many other poets have 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English poetry -- History and criticism.
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Freemasonry in literature.
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Myth in literature.
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Ritual in literature.
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Secret societies in literature.
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Symbolism in literature.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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English poetry
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Freemasonry in literature
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Myth in literature
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Ritual in literature
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Secret societies in literature
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Symbolism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317634904 |
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131763490X |
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9781315758015 |
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1315758016 |
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9781317634881 |
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1317634888 |
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9781317634898 |
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1317634896 |
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1138796204 |
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9781138796201 |
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1138796212 |
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9781138796218 |
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