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Tag: Metaphysical Poetry

280. (Henry Vaughan)

Before Henry Vaughan experienced, around 1648, a sharp conversion to profound faith, he experienced a conversion to place, a return … More

Henry Vaughan, Metaphysical Poetry, 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

Andrew Marvell, Metaphysical Poetry, Platonism

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

17th-Century Poetry, British Poetry, close reading, Metaphysical Poetry

108. (William Wordsworth)

  Wordsworth is one of the revolutionaries of English literary history, and not just because, as critics since Coleridge have … More

Attention, Metaphysical Poetry, Poetry, Romantic Poetry, waste, Wordsworth

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

Empson, John Donne, Metaphysical Poetry, Poetry
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