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... fact , to the ex- tent that the point of his poetry is often how far we can give credence to his ' fancy ' . ' The famous ' Flea ' is an instance : Donne is trying to per- suade his lady into his bed by arguing that the flea , having ...
... fact , to the ex- tent that the point of his poetry is often how far we can give credence to his ' fancy ' . ' The famous ' Flea ' is an instance : Donne is trying to per- suade his lady into his bed by arguing that the flea , having ...
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... fact . Per- haps this was because it was made at least partly out of real pain , perhaps because Donne is never entirely easy with the Platonic direction he tries to give many of his poems ( consider the lurch to the body two - thirds ...
... fact . Per- haps this was because it was made at least partly out of real pain , perhaps because Donne is never entirely easy with the Platonic direction he tries to give many of his poems ( consider the lurch to the body two - thirds ...
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... fact with mind as to attempt to do so even with the most intractable of facts . The extent of Donne's refusal to accommodate to hard fact , and the strength of his predilection for making mental worlds or heterocosms divorced from ...
... fact with mind as to attempt to do so even with the most intractable of facts . The extent of Donne's refusal to accommodate to hard fact , and the strength of his predilection for making mental worlds or heterocosms divorced from ...
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