Emblem and icon in John Donne's poetry and prose

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Emblem and icon in John Donne's poetry and prose

Statement of responsibility

Clayton G. MacKenzie

Creator

• MacKenzie, Clayton G

Subject

• Art and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
• Bildersprache
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Donne, John
• Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Knowledge -- Art
• Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Literary style
• Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Prose
• Emblemen
• Emblems in literature
• Figures of speech
• History
• Icons in literature
• Motieven (kunst)
• Visual perception in literature
• Art

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• History
• Art

Language

eng

Summary

• "Few literary lives have navigated the perimeters of success and misfortune as boldly as did that of John Donne. The tensions within his work are sometimes viewed as the outcomes of shifting directions in his personal circumstances and beliefs. In addressing Donne's supposedly radical idiosyncrasies, commentators have often either omitted or underplayed discussion of the ambiguities inherent in the art and literature of early modern culture itself
• The tensile, even contradictory, qualities of Donne's writing may have reflected as much the ambiguous texture of the artistic society around him as they did the tumult of his own psyche. This book explores the correspondences between the iconic and emblematic currents of the age and Donne's poetry and prose. Through close readings of Elizabethan, Jacobean and Carolean signs and sign systems, coupled with a cogent attention to historical context, Clayton G
• MacKenzie seeks to demonstrate the quality and intention of some of Donne's literary designs."--Jacket
• MacKenzie seeks to demonstrate the quality and intention of some of Donne's literary designs."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts, vol. 30

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

821/.3

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PR2248

LC item number

.M24 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts,

Series volume

vol. 30