Bodies, Politics and Transformations: John Donne's Metempsychosis

by Siobhaan Collins

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. Siobh n Collins appraises Metempsychosis for its extraordinary openness to and its inventive portrayal of conflict within identity. She situates this ludic verse as a text alert to and imbued with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409406350
• ISBN13: 9781409406358
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"