| English 132: Metaphysical Poetry |
This blog was inspired by English 132: Metaphysical Poetry by Gordon Teskey
February 28th, 2008
Readings (from the Penguin Collection):
John Donne's
Elegy 6: The Perfume
Satire 3
Elegy 10: Love's War
Elegy 18:
Love's Progress
In this lecture, Professor Teskey contrasts the two masks of early Donne as lover, Jack, and as philosopher, John, in The Perfume, Love's War, and Love's Progress...
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March 11th, 2008
At the time of the Renaissance, sonnets were considered to be sexual and risqué, as those of classical antiquity such as Ovid's. However, Donne’s love songs and sonnets which were explored in this class, are in all levels of art higher than the early love poems which we read in the last class. They...
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