England's Amorous Angels, 1813-1823Between 1813-1823, five major poems appeared in England exploring the subject of sexual union between "sons of God" (usually depicted as angels) and "daughters of men" (usually depicted as Cain's female descendants). James Montgomery's The World Before the Flood (1813), George Croly's The Angel of the World (1820), Thomas Dale's Irad and Adah, A Tale of the Flood (1821), Thomas Moore's The Loves of the Angels (1822), and Byron's Heaven and Earth (1823) all take inspiration from Genesis 6.1-4, or from its Qur'anic, Pseudepigraphic, or New Testament derivatives. Why angels were suddenly conscripted into active service to serious poetry, by poets who expectedóand yet who really did not expectóthat these embodied, male angels would be taken seriously, is the question this text seeks to answer. The appendix presents for the first time since 1823 the unrevised version of Moore's Loves of the Angels, and Croly's Angel of the World. |
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... Vigny " ) suggests that Louise Belloc's translation , Les Amours des Anges , influenced Vigny far more directly than Moore's English original . ( 295- 301 ) Tessier insists that Moore's influence on Lamartine was direct , and that ...
... Vigny " ) suggests that Louise Belloc's translation , Les Amours des Anges , influenced Vigny far more directly than Moore's English original . ( 295- 301 ) Tessier insists that Moore's influence on Lamartine was direct , and that ...
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... Vigny and Lamartine parallel Hugo in presuming that the individual will work to foster a climate enhancing freedom of personal expression within the existing social structure . Both Vigny and Lamartine depend upon the stability of the ...
... Vigny and Lamartine parallel Hugo in presuming that the individual will work to foster a climate enhancing freedom of personal expression within the existing social structure . Both Vigny and Lamartine depend upon the stability of the ...
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... Vigny's native French acceptance of , and borrowing from , the blended mythic systems of syncretism ; see Davidson ... Vigny's female victim , Vigny ( wrongly ) presum- ing that his ascription of the female gender to an angel constitutes ...
... Vigny's native French acceptance of , and borrowing from , the blended mythic systems of syncretism ; see Davidson ... Vigny's female victim , Vigny ( wrongly ) presum- ing that his ascription of the female gender to an angel constitutes ...
Contents
Enoch Orientalism Sublimity and Market Value | 1 |
BACKGROUND | 42 |
Ancient Texts and Modern Confusion | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Nonfictional Romantic Prose: Expanding Borders Steven P. Sondrup,Virgil Nemoianu,Gerald Gillespie Limited preview - 2004 |