CHRISTIANIZATION OF MUSE IN  А. COWLEY’S POETRY

Nina Solovey; Iryna Letunovska

doi:10.36074/grail-of-science.17.10.2025.068

CHRISTIANIZATION OF MUSE IN А. COWLEY’S POETRY

Authors

Nina Solovey Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-8630
Iryna Letunovska Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0740-2489

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36074/grail-of-science.17.10.2025.068

Keywords:

invocation, Pagan Muse, narrative, digression, Christianization

Summary

The article focuses on the role of Pagan Muse in Cowley’s epic poetry. The article concerns the convention of beginning a poem by first invoking the Muse and the conflict that emerges between her pagan and Christian characteristics.

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References

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. (2009). THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY, e-artnow, 2013, ISBN: 8026802306, 9788026802303

Cowley, Abraham. DAVIDEIS http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/david/trans.html

Nuttall A.D. (1992). NARRATIVE BEGINNINGS FROM THE EPICTO THE NOVEL Clarendon Press.

Phillips, Philip Edward (2000). JOHN MILTON’S EPIC INVOCATIONS. Lang Publishing Inc.

Richardson J. (1962). VIRGIL AND MILTON ONCE AGAIN. Comparative Literature, Vol.14, No. 4, 321-331. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1768927

Author Biographies

Nina Solovey, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Ph.D in Philology, Associate professor, Associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages of Mathematical Faculties

Iryna Letunovska, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Ph.D in Philology, Associate professor, Associate professor of the Department of Foreign Languages of Mathematical Faculties

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Published

17.10.2025

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How to Cite

Solovey, N., & Letunovska, I. (2025). CHRISTIANIZATION OF MUSE IN А. COWLEY’S POETRY. Grail of Science, (57), 636–642. https://doi.org/10.36074/grail-of-science.17.10.2025.068