John Donne, Body and Soul

229 Pages·2008·1.05 MB·English

by  Ramie Targoff

john donne, body and soul

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john donne, body and soul
ramie targoff
the university of chicago press
chicago and london
ramie targoff is associate professor of English at Brandeis University and the
author of Common Prayer, published by the University of Chicago Press.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
© 2008 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 2008
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isbn- 13: 978- 0- 226- 78963- 7 (cloth)
isbn- 10: 0- 226- 78963- 2 (cloth)
An earlier version of chapter 3 was published as “Traducing the Soul: Donne’s
Second Anniversarie” in Publications of the Modern Language Association
(PMLA) 121, no. 5 (October 2006): 1493–1508, and is reprinted with permission.
Parts of chapter 6 were included in “Facing Death,” in The Cambridge Companion
to John Donne, ed. Achsah Guibbory (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press,
2006), 217–32, and are also reprinted with permission.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Targoff, Ramie.
John Donne, body and soul / Ramie Targoff.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-0-226-78963-7 (alk. paper)
isbn-10: 0-226-78963-2 (alk. paper)
1. Donne, John, 1572–1631—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Donne, John,
1572–1631—Religion. 3. Donne, John, 1572–1631—Philosophy. 4. Body and soul
in literature. 5. Christianity and literature—England—History—16th century.
6. Christianity and literature—England—History—17th century. I. Title.
pr2248.t37 2008
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o The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for
Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48- 1992.
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for harry

So leben wir und nehmen immer Abschied
So we live, forever taking leave
—Rilke, Duino Elegies

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contents
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1 Letters 25
2 Songs and Sonnets 49
3 The Anniversaries 79
4 Holy Sonnets 106
5 Devotions 130
6 Deaths Duell 154
Notes 185
Index 205
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