Self and Symbolism in the Poetry of Michelangelo, John Donne and Agrippa D'Aubigne

Alienation, ecstasy, death, rebirth: in the poetry of Michelangelo, Donne, and d'' Aubigne these archetypal themes make possible the ultimate formulation of new poetic symbolizations of self and world. As their poetry evolves from a primarily rhetorical towards a fully symbolic mode, images of loss of self (in ecstasy or in alienation), of death and rebirth, recur with increasing frequency and int...