A guide to English literature. 3. From Donne to MarvellBoris Ford Penguin Books, 1956 |
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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 , written after the death of his wife in 1617 , the note deepens ; it is for the ...
... 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 , written after the death of his wife in 1617 , the note deepens ; it is for the ...
Page 111
... Donne's love poetry , Mr Leishman and Mrs Bennett are right to insist on the need for a sensitive dis- crimination of tone . But they are both inclined to move a little too easily to deductions about Donne's personal experience ; in ...
... Donne's love poetry , Mr Leishman and Mrs Bennett are right to insist on the need for a sensitive dis- crimination of tone . But they are both inclined to move a little too easily to deductions about Donne's personal experience ; in ...
Page 113
... 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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