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 Donnes Eschatological Poetry offers a compelling critique of John Donnes 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 Donnes poe.
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Donne, John, -- 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation.