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... Donne is writing at a time of growing mercantile self - confidence , when the Inns of Court and the public theatres ... Donne's way with lyric includes the confidence to turn away from courtly modes , it is important to add that such ...
... Donne is writing at a time of growing mercantile self - confidence , when the Inns of Court and the public theatres ... Donne's way with lyric includes the confidence to turn away from courtly modes , it is important to add that such ...
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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 ruined his chances completely by marrying Ann More , the Keeper's niece , without permission , this leading to dismissal and imprisonment . After years of poverty Donne achieved preferment after conversion to Anglicanism in 1614 ...
... Donne ruined his chances completely by marrying Ann More , the Keeper's niece , without permission , this leading to dismissal and imprisonment . After years of poverty Donne achieved preferment after conversion to Anglicanism in 1614 ...
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