1st Edition
Bodies, Politics and Transformations: John Donne's Metempsychosis
By Siobhán Collins
Copyright 2013
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, critics have predominantly offered a negative estimate of John Donne’s Metempsychosis. In contrast, this study of Metempsychosis re-evaluates the poem as one of the most vital and energetic of Donne’s canon. Siobhán Collins appraises Metempsychosis for its extraordinary openness to and its inventive portrayal of conflict within identity. She situates... Read more
Introduction: Riddles; Chapter 1 Body / Word: Textual Materiality; Chapter 2 Thresholds: “Porches and Entries”; Chapter 3 Separation: Genesis and the Fall; Chapter 4 Memory: Reading the Self; Chapter 5 Liminality: Plant / Human; Chapter 6 Devoured Bodies: Birds and Fishes; Chapter 7 Courting Politics: Vivarium of Beasts; conclusion Conclusion: Wonder;
Biography
Siobhán Collins teaches English Literature at University College Cork, Ireland.
’A comprehensive and original reading of one of Donne's most overlooked poems- a real contribution to Donne studies.' Ramie Targoff, Brandeis University, USA 'Bodies, Politics and Transformations, is a significant contribution to Donne studies. In its wide reaching exploration of self-hood, embodiment and textuality, it will also be of interest to historians of early modern medicine, natural philosophy and the material history of the book.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance 'Erudite and illuminating, Collins’s Bodies, Politics and Transformations makes what I believe will prove a lasting contribution to Donne scholarship.' Renaissance Quarterly
