Makuchowska, Ludmila.

Scientific Discourse in John Donne’s Eschatological Poetry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (148 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CONCLUSION -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX.

Scientific Discourse in John Donne’s Eschatological Poetry offers a compelling critique of John Donne’s religious and erotic poetry, focusing on the intersection of two seemingly antithetical discourses: the language of the scientific revolution and of Christian eschatology. Throughout its three chapters, which correspond to three scientific disciplines - cartography, physics and alchemy - the volume examines the ways in which the references to early modern and medieval science in Donne’s poe.

9781443869751


Donne, John, -- 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation.


Electronic books.

PR2248 -- .M358 2014eb

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