Neoplatonist notions of love and their overcoming in John Donne's poems

Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Augsburg, language: English, abstract: The aim of this term paper is to examine how John Donne broke with the Petrarchan tradition in English Renaissance poetry by openly alluding to sexuality while still including Neoplatonist and other Renaissance influences in his poet...