English 1022E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Urn Problem, Neoplatonism, Ekphrasis
6 Mar 2015
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Focusing on beauty and truth takes good from the platonic triad people were sick of narrow thinking, ppl who were in love w beauty were enthralled by this concept rejecting morality. People turned to classical greeks bc they saw a less strict society not bound by middle class morality, no issues with homosexuality, creators of beautiful things. Context in which keats" poem rose to prominence. Classical pastoral greek = shepherds and sheep; christian = christ the shepherd here we see the classical pastoral. One perspective highest point of what is knowledgeable to human beings; maybe in another realm there is a greater understanding and insight that is not possible for humans, only possible beyond life. It"s art, it"s hollow, empty it"s all surface - speaker knows more than the urn does. : try through words to give impression of a piece of art on means on the subject of.
