The Poetry of Donne (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Donne
- First Published: 1611
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, God, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Christianity, London
Critical Evaluation:
It was in the early years of the twentieth century that John Donne was first acknowledged to be a major English poet, and his achievement meaningfully evaluated. Pope “translated” Donne’s SATIRES so thoroughly that they were unrecognizable, and Dryden misleadingly declared that he wrote “nice speculations of Philosophy” and not love poetry at all. The poets of the nineteenth century show, with the exception of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the influence of Milton rather than of the metaphysical poets. The poets of this century have learned much...
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