[HN Gopher] The Enigma of John Donne
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       The Enigma of John Donne
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-11-18 17:41 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | squidbeak wrote:
       | > "Exactly when Donne turned from Catholicism to Protestantism is
       | the central boxing ring of Donne studies"
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       | It's pretty damning about the state of modern literary criticism
       | that it ends up dwelling on the life more than the poetry.
       | Perhaps cruxes exist that can only be elucidated by reference to
       | the life, but damn it, focus on the effing poetry.
        
         | jmeister wrote:
         | I guess enough has been said about the poetry over centuries,
         | while new historical source material keeps getting unearthed
         | with time?
        
         | dang wrote:
         | This is a popular article. Popular articles have always focused
         | more on biography and human interest. At least there are
         | articles about poets at all!
        
           | nulberryfizz wrote:
           | Get back in your cage!
        
           | 2devnull wrote:
           | And best of all, they regularly make the hn front page.
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/EOPpY
        
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