Gender and the Sacred Self in John DonneUniversity of Delaware Press, 1999 - 223 páginas This first book-length feminist study of Donne argues that his sacred subject-position is ambivalently and illustratively invested in cultural archetypes of mothers, daughters, and brides. The chapters focus on baptism, marriage, and death as key moments in Donne's and his culture's construction of the gendered soul. |
Contenido
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Second Birth | 26 |
Joyes Bonfire | 71 |
Derechos de autor | |
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Términos y frases comunes
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