[HN Gopher] Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
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       Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
        
       Author : Caiero
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2023-01-14 02:47 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | hprotagonist wrote:
       | > (When Donne pleads, 'Batter my heart, three-personed God,' he
       | is asking the Trinity to try his approach for a change.)
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       | This poem is my shining example of "most dangerous prayer". It's
       | surpassingly excellent.
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       | https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44106/holy-sonnets-ba...
        
         | UncleOxidant wrote:
         | In a similar vein: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/422
        
           | hprotagonist wrote:
           | teach me some melodious sonnet /sung by flaming tongues above
        
       | woodruffw wrote:
       | In a similar vein of British metaphysical poetry: I've heard
       | great things about Kunin's Love Three[1] as an analysis of the
       | eponymous George Herbert poem[2].
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       | [1]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-
       | books/2019/11/nice-...
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       | [2]: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44367/love-iii
        
       | vonnik wrote:
       | Great interview between Tyler Cowen and the book's author here!
       | 
       | https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/katherine-rundel...
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | http://web.archive.org/web/20230114030908/https://www.lrb.co...
        
       | User23 wrote:
       | I'm sometimes tempted to throw some Donne into interviews for
       | culture fit. The main reason I don't is because there are good
       | candidates who may not have any background in English poetry and
       | even though I wouldn't make a no hire decision on account of
       | that, I don't want to risk even giving the appearance that I
       | would. Even so, anecdotally, appreciation for Donne has been an
       | oddly common trait among the most successful dev and higher
       | managers I've worked with and for.
        
       | Amorymeltzer wrote:
       | I'm in the middle of this book now, and it's beautiful. Rundell
       | captures the sense of the era and Donne's precarious, changing,
       | often-unknown place within it, leading you to fall for Donne
       | alongside her excellent, charming writing.
        
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