'The first poet in the world in some things', is how John Donne was described by his contemporary Ben Jonson. Yet it is only this century that Donne has been indisputably established as a great poet--and even, many feel, the greatest love poet of them all. Jonson went on to remark that 'That Donne,
John Donne [Poem]
โ Scribed by Willis Barnstone
- Book ID
- 124642756
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0037-3052
- DOI
- 10.2307/27545795
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