Before Henry Vaughan experienced, around 1648, a sharp conversion to profound faith, he experienced a conversion to place, a return … More
Tag: Metaphysical Poetry
184. (Andrew Marvell)
Not that the poems are about language, but they are about a mild yearning for something beyond or before civilization … More
123. (Henry King)
Henry King (1592-1669), Bishop of Chichester, lived through one of the most turbulent eras of British history, sustained friendships with … More
108. (William Wordsworth)
Wordsworth is one of the revolutionaries of English literary history, and not just because, as critics since Coleridge have … More
62. (John Donne)
Central to Donne’s intelligence is a legalistic capacity to contest claims to property: since so much of the world cannot … More
Critical Provisions 