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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Cooper, Alan,; Heinrichs, Wolfhart,; Kugel, James L.,; Nagy, Gregory,; Pagis, Dan,; Rhu, Lawrence F.,; Ziolkowski, Jan,; Zwettler, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Kugel, James L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Myth and Poetics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501736964; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501736964
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by James L. Kugel.

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.