John Donne and Baroque Allegory

John Donne has been one of the most controversial poets in the history of English literature, his complexity and intellectualism provoking both praise and censure. In this major re-assessment of Donne''s poetry, Hugh Grady argues that his work can be newly appreciated in our own era through Walter Benjamin''s theory of baroque allegory. Providing close readings of The Anniversaries, The Songs and ...