John Donne's performances [electronic resource] : sermons, poems, letters and devotions / Margret Fetzer.

By: Fetzer, MargretContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2010Description: x, 317 pISBN: 9781847792969 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation | Donne, John, 1572-1631. Correspondence | Church of England. Correspondence -- England -- Clergy | Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Correspondence | Sermons, English -- 17th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 821.3 LOC classification: PR2248 | .F48 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : beginning Donne -- Pulpit performances : sermons -- Promethean and protean performances : worldly poems -- Passionate performances : poems erotic and divine -- Patronage performances : letters -- (Inter)personal performances : devotions -- Conclusion : being Don(n)e -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This is a comparative reading of Donne's poetry and prose, which eschews questions of personal or religious sincerity in order to recreate an image of John Donne as a man of many performances.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : beginning Donne -- Pulpit performances : sermons -- Promethean and protean performances : worldly poems -- Passionate performances : poems erotic and divine -- Patronage performances : letters -- (Inter)personal performances : devotions -- Conclusion : being Don(n)e -- Bibliography -- Index.

This is a comparative reading of Donne's poetry and prose, which eschews questions of personal or religious sincerity in order to recreate an image of John Donne as a man of many performances.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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