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Article: The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski.(Book Review)
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- Early Modern Literary Studies
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison
Magdalena Kay
University of California, Berkeley
magdakay@uclink.berkeley.edu
Kay, Magda. "The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison." Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September, 2003): 1.-50
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Two of the most extraordinary minds of the late Renaissance were poets: Englishman John Donne and Pole Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski. They also both wrote collections of sonnets. One may call them precursors of the Baroque, but their complexity defies periodization. The aptest label for them is the much-contested term ...