TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,Alan
AU  - Heinrichs,Wolfhart
AU  - Kugel,James L.
AU  - Nagy,Gregory
AU  - Pagis,Dan
AU  - Rhu,Lawrence F.
AU  - Ziolkowski,Jan
AU  - Zwettler,Michael
TI  - Poetry and Prophecy: The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition 
T2  - Myth and Poetics
SN  - 9781501736964
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY : 
PB  - Cornell University Press, 
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - Poetry & Criticism
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501736964
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501736964
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501736964/original
ER  -