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Les poésies d’Abraham Cowley (1618–1667) forment un miroir saisissant de l’esprit baroque anglais, oscillant entre ferveur intellectuelle et sensibilité lyrique. Dans ses Miscellanies, ses Odes et surtout son célèbre poème épique Davideis, Cowley mêle érudition biblique, métaphysique et tendresse humaine avec une virtuosité éblouissante.

Son art de la métaphore, parfois labyrinthique, fait de chaque poème une architecture de pensée où la passion et la raison dialoguent avec éclat. Il explore les thèmes du retrait du monde, de la vanité des ambitions et de la quête d’un idéal d’harmonie spirituelle.

Son style, marqué par l’élégance du XVIIᵉ siècle et la complexité de la “metaphysical school”, allie la rigueur du savant à la grâce du contemplatif. Chez Cowley, la poésie n’est plus simple ornement : elle devient science du cœur et géométrie de l’âme, un espace où l’émotion cherche sa loi divine.


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COWLEY, Abraham - Poetical Works.

Edinburg, 1777.

Oeuvres complètes en 4/4 volumes in-16. 
Illustré de 4 frontispices et un portrait de l'auteur.

Reliures plein veau blond de l'époque en bel état de conservation. Dos lisses avec pièces de titre et de tomaison. Usures et petits manques aux coins et coiffes. Tranches dorées. Bonne tenue.

Intérieur bien préserve, papier jauni. 

Poetry, Literature - Quantity: 4 - Book

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