Donne's Anniversaries and the Poetry of Praise : The Creation of a Symbolic Mode /

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In his occasional poetry, and especially in his two elegaic Anniversary poems, Donne created a special symbolic mode in seventeenth-century poetry of praise and compliment. Barbara Kiefer Lewalski's reading of the Anniversary poems recognizes them as complex mixed-genre works which weld togethe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewalski, Barbara Kiefer, 1931-2018 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1973.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Donne, John, > 1572-1631.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Influence.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631. > Anatomy of the world.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631. > Of the progres of the soule.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Elegiac poetry, English.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Poesie elegiaque anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Elegiac poetry, English > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In his occasional poetry, and especially in his two elegaic Anniversary poems, Donne created a special symbolic mode in seventeenth-century poetry of praise and compliment. Barbara Kiefer Lewalski's reading of the Anniversary poems recognizes them as complex mixed-genre works which weld together formal, thematic, and structural elements from the occasional poem of praise, the funeral elegy, the funeral sermon, the hymn, the anatomy, and the Protestant meditation. Focusing especially on theme and structure, her reading demonstrates the coherent symbolic method and meaning of these poems and a.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (397 pages).
ISBN:9781400870059

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