Decay, Intimacy, and the Lyric Metaphor in John Donne

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2019-03-02 DOI:10.1353/SEL.2019.0002

Eileen Sperry

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Abstract

Abstract:I argue that John Donne uses descriptions of bodily decay to explore the potential for intimacy between lovers and the role lyric plays in its creation. As the physical boundaries that delimit individual bodies dissolve, Donne envisions a moment when lovers might materially blend and fuse to a degree that would otherwise be impossible. The effects of this conceit are twofold: first, focusing on decay allows Donne to emphasize the role of corporeality and reject a Neo-Platonic hierarchy of being. And second, Donne uses this conceit to develop a theory of the lyric that emphasizes its ability to transcend material reality in order to create and maintain a hyperbolic vision of intimacy in the face of separation.

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衰败、亲密与约翰·多恩的抒情隐喻

摘要:约翰·多恩通过对身体腐烂的描述来探索恋人之间亲密关系的可能性以及抒情在其创作中所起的作用。随着分隔个体身体的物理界限消失，多恩设想有一天，情侣们可能会在物质上融合到某种程度，否则这是不可能的。这种自负的影响是双重的:首先，关注腐烂使多恩强调了肉体的作用，并拒绝了新柏拉图式的存在等级。其次，多恩利用这种自负发展了一种抒情诗理论强调抒情诗超越物质现实的能力从而在面对分离时创造并保持一种亲密的双曲视觉。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.