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Poetry and Prophecy : The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition / ed. by James L. Kugel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Myth and PoeticsPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501736964
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Poets and Prophets: An Overview -- 2. Imagining Prophecy -- 3. David the Prophet -- 4. Ancient Greek Poetry, Prophecy, and Concepts of Theory -- 5. Virgil’s Messianic Eclogue -- 6. A Mantic Manifesto: The Sura of “The Poets” and the Qur’anic Foundations of Prophetic Authority -- 7. The Meaning of MutanabbJ -- 8. The Poet as Prophet in Medieval Hebrew Literature -- 9. The Nature of Prophecy in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s -- 10. After the Middle Ages: Prophetic Authority and Human Fallibility in Renaissance Epic -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The idea that poetry and prophecy are intimately related has been a central motif in Western literary history. Since the Renaissance, the connections perceived between biblical prophecy and poetry have frequently been invoked to elevate poetry to the highest level of human accomplishment. Poetry and Prophecy illuminates the sources of this tradition, ranging over a number of literatures and cultures.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Poets and Prophets: An Overview -- 2. Imagining Prophecy -- 3. David the Prophet -- 4. Ancient Greek Poetry, Prophecy, and Concepts of Theory -- 5. Virgil’s Messianic Eclogue -- 6. A Mantic Manifesto: The Sura of “The Poets” and the Qur’anic Foundations of Prophetic Authority -- 7. The Meaning of MutanabbJ -- 8. The Poet as Prophet in Medieval Hebrew Literature -- 9. The Nature of Prophecy in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s -- 10. After the Middle Ages: Prophetic Authority and Human Fallibility in Renaissance Epic -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index

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The idea that poetry and prophecy are intimately related has been a central motif in Western literary history. Since the Renaissance, the connections perceived between biblical prophecy and poetry have frequently been invoked to elevate poetry to the highest level of human accomplishment. Poetry and Prophecy illuminates the sources of this tradition, ranging over a number of literatures and cultures.

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In English.

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