A Guide to English Literature: From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Cassell, 1961 A Russian couple wanted a child so much that they made one out of snow. |
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... Donne's religious feelings seem to be indeed , as he described them , ' devout fits ' coming and going ' like a fantastic ague ' . With the Holy Sonnets , whatever their actual date of composition , the note deepens ; it is for the most ...
... Donne's religious feelings seem to be indeed , as he described them , ' devout fits ' coming and going ' like a fantastic ague ' . With the Holy Sonnets , whatever their actual date of composition , the note deepens ; it is for the most ...
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... Donne's own speculation , scepticism , and melancholy . But Donne's chief power as a religious poet is shown in the Holy Sonnets and the last hymns . Only in the Hymne to God the Father do we find an assured faith ; elsewhere there is ...
... Donne's own speculation , scepticism , and melancholy . But Donne's chief power as a religious poet is shown in the Holy Sonnets and the last hymns . Only in the Hymne to God the Father do we find an assured faith ; elsewhere there is ...
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... Donne's language and imagery - subtle , witty , intellectually tough , at the same time that it is vivid , sensuous , and dramatic Browne's stylistic resources often seem threadbare and his effects limited and contrived . The range of ...
... Donne's language and imagery - subtle , witty , intellectually tough , at the same time that it is vivid , sensuous , and dramatic Browne's stylistic resources often seem threadbare and his effects limited and contrived . The range of ...
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