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 ...
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... Donne began to write . It remains true , nevertheless , that Donne chose to do something different from his predecessors and from those of his contemporaries who were still exploiting and developing the existing modes ; and younger ...
... Donne began to write . It remains true , nevertheless , that Donne chose to do something different from his predecessors and from those of his contemporaries who were still exploiting and developing the existing modes ; and younger ...
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... Donne ; Complete Poetry and Selected Prose ( London , 1929 ) See H. Gardner , John Donne : The Divine Poems ( Oxford , 1952 ) J. Bennett , Four Metaphysical Poets ( Cambridge , 1934 ) P. Cruttwell , The Shakespearean Moment ( ch . iii ...
... Donne ; Complete Poetry and Selected Prose ( London , 1929 ) See H. Gardner , John Donne : The Divine Poems ( Oxford , 1952 ) J. Bennett , Four Metaphysical Poets ( Cambridge , 1934 ) P. Cruttwell , The Shakespearean Moment ( ch . iii ...
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