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John Donne’s Poems and Their Reflections Research Paper
Thesis
The works of John Donne and works of other writers reflecting on Donne’s works
Primary Sources
The writer was an English metaphysical poet; he wrote poems to address different issues in society like love, politics, and epigrams. Other writing Metaphysical poetry, the writer wrote songs, sonnets, sermons, and Latin translations. Other than poems, John Donne’s other genre types included Prose and satire. Among the main works that the writer includes are eight literature works, seven prose, eight poetry works, and ten literature work.
Donne is one of the most prominent members of the Metaphysical poets, in the seventeenth century who used poetry to address certain issues in society like politics, love, and social evils. Other than in his own works, the writer has been featured in a number of other writers’ work as a contribution or as an analysis of his works; his works have been seen as a rich and informative source of poetry works that can be discussed or elaborated in poetry features.
Secondary Sources
Albert James Smith and Catherine Phillips in the book “John Donne: the critical heritage” takes a look at the works of John Donne, they discuss the social, economic, and political factors that triggered the poet to write his works. Most important, the writers concentrated on the effects that social mores had on the writer’s perception; also the writer talks about the challenges that literacy had on social values in the United States and the United Kingdom. The book seeks to connect the nature of early poetry works and connects the works with the current (Albert and Catherine 12-125).
Book 2
John E. Booty in the book “John Donne: selections from divine poems, sermons, devotions, and prayers,” discusses the artistic work of Donne’s, they concentrate on how he used literacy, scholarly and spatial gifts. The writers also discuss how an effective poet needs to write according to the needs of the time (Booty 1-45).
Cothran, Anne Faulkner in the article, “John Donne and the Art of Adaptation.” Published in the journal Anglican Theological Review 87.1 (2005): 89-115, discusses how catholic religious beliefs affected Donne in his works, the writer sees Christianity believes in death, life, and judgments as some of the attributes that triggered John in his work. Another important element discusses in the article was how differences in people’s cultural beliefs and religion shaped the works of a writer as well as how the audience perceived a certain issue.
Although the writer was more inclined on the effects that spiritual beliefs had on Donne he sheds a light on how social situations can affect a person or the works of a poet. The writer discusses the effects that social, economic, and political factors had on literature works (Cothran 89-115).
Riehl, Anna in the articles called, Eying the Thought Awry: The Anamorphosis of John Donne’s Poetry, published in the journal of English Literary Renaissance extends the concept of anamorphosis from the visual peculiarity; he discusses the issue using the works of Donne. Other than the concept of anamorphosis, he discusses the process of discovery through perspective. The writer seeks to discuss some poetry attributes in the past works of literature and gives a reflection on the nature of modern works of poetry (Riehl 141-162).
Works Cited
Albert James Smith and Catherine Phillips. John Donne: the critical heritage. London :Routledge, 1996. Print.
Booty, John E. “John Donne: selections from divine poems, sermons, devotions, and prayers. New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1990. Print.
Cothran, Anne Faulkner. “John Donne and the Art of Adaptation.” Anglican Theological Review 87.1 (2005): 89 -115. Print.
Riehl, Anna. “Eying the Thought Awry: The Anamorphosis of John Donne’s Poetry.” English Literary Renaissance 1.1 (2009): 141-162. Print.
