William Shakespeare and John Donne: Stages of the Soul in Early Modern English Poetry

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This study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne. It shows how the soul becomes a linking element between the genres of poetry and drama, and how poetry becomes dramatic whenever the soul is at its focus. This double movement can be observed in Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece and Donne's Holy Sonnets: in these texts, the connection between interiority and performance, psychology and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1526133296

ISBN13:9781526133298

Release Date:January 2019

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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