Título: John Donne's Apocalypse
Autores: Holmes, Michael M. (Michael Morgan)
Fecha: 1991
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation
Descripción: This thesis explores John Donne's vision of the Apocalypse as revealed by his religious poetry and prose. Donne believed himself to be alive in the last age of the world; however, he rejected historicist interpretations of the Apocalypse. Instead, he located the conflict with sin and death within the individual soul. Donne was concerned to create an image of the sinful soul restored to unity with the divine through its own exertions and by God's grace, free from social and political constraints. The Apocalypse presented Donne with a paradigm of unity which he appropriated in order to represent the interconnexion of God and humankind, as well as to situate himself within a present unfolding of ultimate conformity. Knowledge of the role of the Apocalypse in Donne's self-presentation, provides an awareness of the extent to which Donne understood himself to be an active participant in the fulfilment of the Providential design.
Idioma: en