Hymn to Intellectual Beauty

immortal aspects of their existence. As “soul” also refers to the essence of Black humanity, DuBois details aspects of Black life that demonstrate Black consciousness, love, family, emotion, and culture. The style of writing itself is a testament to the beauty and richness of Black creativity, partially reflective of the Victorian style of the time, but primarily moving because of his lyrical and poetic candor. This candor serves as DuBois’ underlying authority, delivering a great deal of his

Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and over three hundred cantatas of which around two hundred survive. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth. Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognized as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century

Shelley’s egalitarian political thought.” (O’Connor). Shelley traveled a bit more after this moving from place to place exploring different types of writing. Then by 1818 he fell into a transformed wordsworthian form of writing with the poems “Hymn to intellectual beauty” and “Mont Blanc.” These two poems suggest a nonanthropomorphic something whose influence is behind all things but can only be known secondarily through one’s own creative intellect. In 1839 “Peter Bell the Third” was published, a wordsworthian

say that there are moods of music, and we know which songs make us happy and which make us sad. But music also connects with us intellectually through the lyrics and what we understand them to mean. Thus, music becomes a way to link aspects of intellectual and emotional life – to combine thought and feeling. In the novel Porgy, we see music used as a tool to do just that; music, whether sung, imitated, or described metaphorically, is used, among other things, to link mental and emotional states.

visits to Godwin, and had struck up a friendship with his daughter, Mary. Initially, Percy’s relationship with his wife was a happy one, as she made an effort to share in his studies and his intellectual pursuits. After their daughter Eliza Ianthe Shelley was born, however, Harriet gave up on their intellectual life completely, and she did not pay as much attention to Percy’s interests. Shelley was not pleased with this change: as the eldest son of a wealthy baronet with a mother and four younger sisters

believed contributed to the solemnity and beauty of their rites. They promoted sacred music singing the divine praises which they raised to be a high art inspired by the Gospel Ephesians 5:19 “Sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs among yourselves, singing and chanting to the Lord in your hearts” Although the Cluniac reform was not large on intellectual pursuits their library was considered one of the most important libraries in Europe for intellectual and spiritual education. Their cultural influence

History is the story and knowledge of the past. There are individuals that are interested by history and wish to study it by learning more. It is very informative to know what has happened in the past for self-knowledge. An individual cannot be naïve to the past including but not limited to how literature came to. One can understand literature more when they understand the time period the author wrote during and the way they wrote. There are several time periods different authors have been through

reflected his life. At twenty-six, the author took on a more serious motivation like in the short story At Dusk. He had been inspired to slow down and look at his work more carefully; therefore, he concentrated on a more literary quality and more intellectual development. During this change in Chekhov’s life, he wrote A Dreary Story, which was created after the death of his brother from tuberculosis. The story involved a man who confronted the end of his life which he realizes had been without purpose

Draft: Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson 's works made her a woman ahead of her time, through her unwillingness to conform to the norms of society. Emily Dickinson was a poet from the 1850s. Many people tried to urge Dickinson to publish, but she then had to start worrying about her punctuation in her works. Her works held great power and they reached maturity quite quickly as she talks about how dense the natural world is in one of her poems “I taste a liquor never brewed”. Emily Dickinson was born

private quests, she sent hundreds of poems to friends and correspondents while apparently keeping the greater number to herself. She habitually worked in verse forms suggestive of hymns and ballads, with lines of three or four stresses. She freely ignored the usual rules of versification and even grammar, and in the intellectual content of her work she came off exceptionally bold and original. Her verse is distinguished by