Love's Transcendence in the Poetry of John Donne, George Herbert ...
A lecture by Mark Oakley examining how the poetry of Donne, Herbert and RS Thomas expresses transcendence, focusing on Donne's use of sympathy, symphony and nearness. AI summary of the listing
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Looking at some works by Donne, Herbert, and RS Thomas, this lecture explores what it is about the poetic language and form of these ‘Metaphysical Poets’ that lends itself to the expression of the transcendent. Looking at Donne’s use of ‘sympathy’, ‘symphony’ and ‘nearnesse’ in particular, it focuses on how transcendence is a resonance which poetry, and its battle with cliché, reconnects us to, especially when…
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