{"product_id":"the-orphic-voice-poetry-and-natural-history-9781681376011","title":"The Orphic Voice: Poetry and Natural History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wondrously written book of literary criticism and philosophy that maps the relationship between poetry and natural history, connecting verse from poets such as Shakespeare and Rainer Maria Rilke to the work of scientists and theorists like Francis Bacon and Michael Polanyi.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaking its bearings from the Greek myth of Orpheus, whose singing had the power to move the rocks and trees and to quiet the animals, Elizabeth Sewell's \u003ci\u003eThe Orphic Voice\u003c\/i\u003e transforms our understanding of the relationship between mind and nature. Myth, Sewell argues, is not mere fable but an ancient and vital form of reflection that unites poetry, philosophy, and natural science: Shakespeare with Francis Bacon and Giambattista Vico; Wordsworth and Rilke with Michael Polanyi. All these members of the Orphic company share a common perception that \"discovery, in science and poetry, is a mythological situation in which the mind unites with a figure of its own devising as a means toward understanding the world.\" Sewell's visionary book, first published in 1960, presents brilliantly illuminating readings of \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e and Rilke's \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e, among other masterpieces, while deepening our understanding not only of poetry and the history of ideas but of the biological reach of the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Sewell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681376011","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710611525769,"sku":"9781681376011","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_9a3f53e0-cc03-4e74-8f93-82636778de0a.jpg?v=1719539881","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-orphic-voice-poetry-and-natural-history-9781681376011","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}