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British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
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British Poets and Secret Societies (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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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 of
other poets. Marie Roberts questions why so many poets have been
powerfully attracted to the secret societies, and considers the
effectiveness of poetry as a medium for conveying secret emblems
and ritual. She shows how some poets believed that poetry would
prove a hidden symbolic language in which to reveal great truths.
The beliefs of these poets are as diverse as their practice, and
this book sheds fascinating light on several major writers.
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