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JOHN DONNE
Writers and their Work, New Series |
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| Northcote House (in association
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highly readable and rewardingly provocative.
In-Between:
Essays & Studies in Literary Criticism |
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| This study covers the full range
of Donne's poetry, from the early Satires and Elegies to the
Songs and Sonets and Divine Poems, and includes analysis
of parts of his memorable Sermons. Stevie Davies challenges
the traditional assumptions relating biography with the author's
work, emphasising the Renaissance scepticism which brought
all belief, including the 'self', into doubt. However, her
close, sensitive readings of individual poems allow for personal
reactions to their profound emotion, whilst her exploration
of the cultural, religious, and political circumstances which
conditioned the poet's mind give bearings for study of his
turbulent, brilliant intelligence. Dr Davies challenges the
tradition of male criticism which congratulates Donne on the
'virility' of his writing: she exposes his misogyny and the
emotional conflict and vulnerability to which it attaches.
The reader will find here a powerfully written and accessible
introduction to Donne's work. |
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