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... Donne ( the world of the Inns of Court ) , but there is always the danger that the wit and esotericism will work to exclude all but the very few . Donne's lyrics contain both a tendency to isolation and a fear of this . The speed ...
... Donne ( the world of the Inns of Court ) , but there is always the danger that the wit and esotericism will work to exclude all but the very few . Donne's lyrics contain both a tendency to isolation and a fear of this . The speed ...
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... Donne's lyric achievement is paradoxical . The impatience with standard poetic forms , language , and attitudes disrupts the closed courtly world of leisure and wealth , and thus Donne opens that world up , expands the con- text of ...
... Donne's lyric achievement is paradoxical . The impatience with standard poetic forms , language , and attitudes disrupts the closed courtly world of leisure and wealth , and thus Donne opens that world up , expands the con- text of ...
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... Donne's examine erotic love as the central value of life , and the intensity of Donne's best work makes this much more than conventional hyperbole . Since Donne examines love as a series of relationships with mistresses , and es ...
... Donne's examine erotic love as the central value of life , and the intensity of Donne's best work makes this much more than conventional hyperbole . Since Donne examines love as a series of relationships with mistresses , and es ...
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