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The fiery angel : art, culture, sex, politics, and the struggle for the soul of the West / Michael Walsh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Encounter Books, 2018Edition: First American editionDescription: ix, 244 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781594039454
  • 1594039453
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue : into the West -- Introduction : the unanswered question -- The fiery angel -- Gaspard de la Nuit -- The Raft of the Medusa -- The woman without a shadow -- The mystery of the Dorabella -- The birth of tragedy -- La belle et la bête -- Deus lo vult -- La commmedia è divina -- Miraculous Mandarins -- Adrift in Bistritz -- The stone guest -- O magnum mysterium -- Epilogue : from Erinyes to Eumenides.
Summary: In this wide-ranging historical survey, author Michael Walsh illuminates the ways that the narrative and visual arts both reflect and affect the course of political history, outlining the way forward by arguing for the restoration of the Heroic Narrative that forms the basis of Western cultural and religious traditions.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Without an understanding and appreciation of the culture we seek to preserve and protect, the defense of Western civilization is fundamentally futile; a culture that believes in nothing cannot defend itself, because it has nothing to defend. The past not only still has something to tell us, but it also has something that it must tell us. In this profound and wide-ranging historical survey, Michael Walsh illuminates the ways that the narrative and visual arts both reflect and affect the course of political history, outlining the way forward by arguing for the restoration of the Heroic Narrative that forms the basis of all Western cultural and religious traditions. Let us listen, then, to the angels of our nature, for better and worse. They have much to tell us, if only we will listen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : into the West -- Introduction : the unanswered question -- The fiery angel -- Gaspard de la Nuit -- The Raft of the Medusa -- The woman without a shadow -- The mystery of the Dorabella -- The birth of tragedy -- La belle et la bête -- Deus lo vult -- La commmedia è divina -- Miraculous Mandarins -- Adrift in Bistritz -- The stone guest -- O magnum mysterium -- Epilogue : from Erinyes to Eumenides.

In this wide-ranging historical survey, author Michael Walsh illuminates the ways that the narrative and visual arts both reflect and affect the course of political history, outlining the way forward by arguing for the restoration of the Heroic Narrative that forms the basis of Western cultural and religious traditions.

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