268. (John Donne)

Feeling is notoriously difficult to discuss in a work of literature (almost as difficult as “tone”) but it helps to … More

228. (John Donne)

Among the tissues of judgments that compose a poem will be a judgment about what a poem plays at doing … More

An exemplary poem by Donne, “The Expiration”: So, so breake off this last lamenting kisse, Which sucks two soules, … More

Let’s take seriously the traditional opposition between the heirs of Jonson and Donne, and use it to ask again where … More

Central to Donne’s intelligence is a legalistic capacity to contest claims to property: since so much of the world cannot … More

One year, a while ago, for a Christmas gift, I asked for what was on the wishlist of many: an … More