John Donne’s "Holy Sonnets": Spiritual Experience in Poetry
This paper attempts to interpret Donne’s "Holy Sonnets" as spiritual experiences. Donne’s works are better understood through the optic of Biblical knowledge, the backdrop of God’s revelation of Himself. A poet whose heart is kindled by the Spirit of his Maker and whose mind is illumined b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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David Publishing Company
2016
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Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 10, Pages: 645-654 |
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Holy Sonnets
B Poetry B Spiritual Experience B John Donne |
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| Summary: | This paper attempts to interpret Donne’s "Holy Sonnets" as spiritual experiences. Donne’s works are better understood through the optic of Biblical knowledge, the backdrop of God’s revelation of Himself. A poet whose heart is kindled by the Spirit of his Maker and whose mind is illumined by His Word recognizes a much deeper sense of transcendent reality. As Donne uses the most potent but intimate of words to express his interaction with God, his sonnets ground the sacred. In their fluctuating moods, the sonnets reverberate as radically varied experiences of God. Grand theological truths are translated into personal and passionate encounter with God. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-2177 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cultural and religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17265/2328-2177/2016.10.005 |