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Interpretations of Poetry and Religion

Interpretations of Poetry and Religion

by George Santayana

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Author
Santayana, George, 1863-1952
Credits
Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Aesthetics
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48563
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48563
Release Date
March 23, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.INTERPRETATIONS
  2. 2.GEORGE SANTAYANA — PREFACE — I — UNDERSTANDING, IMAGINATION, AND MYSTICISM — II — THE HOMERIC HYMNS — III — THE DISSOLUTION OF PAGANISM — IV — THE POETRY OF CHRISTIAN DOGMA — V — PLATONIC LOVE IN SOME ITALIAN POETS — VI — THE ABSENCE OF RELIGION IN SHAKESPEARE — VII — THE POETRY OF BARBARISM — VIII — EMERSON — IX — A RELIGION OF DISILLUSION — X — THE ELEMENTS AND FUNCTION OF POETRY

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