Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Metaphysics of Labor in John Donne's Sermon to the Virginia Company

The Metaphysics of Labor in John Donne's Sermon to the Virginia Company The Metaphysics of Labor in   john Donne’s Sermon to the  Virginia Company by Thomas Festa HE  record of  j ohn  Donne’s  employment  is  not  usually the  first  considerationof     readers  of  his  poetry.  Still,in     the  background  Tof  the  most  influential  twentieth-century crit   icism  of  the  poet,  the  rakish  wit  of  the  Satyres,  Elegies,  and  Songs and Sonets,  now  rightly  placed  in  the  historical co   ntextof     his  coterie,malin   gersa   bout  the  edges  of  the  Inns  of  Court, the  Egertonand     Drury  households,  Parliament— even  the  VirginiaCo   mpany—eventuallyseekin   g  preferment  as  a  royal  polemicist,  a  charismaticpreach   er, and  then,  finally,  as  the  dean  of  St.  Paul’s.At     the  same   time,  it has  become  something  of  a  critical co   mmon- place  to  discuss  Donne’s  “apostasy”  in  relation to     his  quest  for  patron- age  in  the j acobean court—at   rendtha   tma   kes  especiallyclear   th   e  inex- tric able  link between  his  religiousco   nversionand     his  sense  of  worldly  work.  Yet  for  criticswho     do  not  concede  to  the  secularizingdeprecia   - tion  of  his  faith,Do   nne  offers  in  his  sermons  a  long and  complex  record  of  literary thou   ghtand     performance thatb   http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

The Metaphysics of Labor in John Donne's Sermon to the Virginia Company

Festa, Thomas.
Studies in Philology , Volume 106 (1) – Jan 11, 2009
Download PDF
24 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/university-of-north-carolina-press/the-metaphysics-of-labor-in-john-donne-apos-s-sermon-to-the-virginia-b8YNTKjqa5

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 The University of North Carolina Press.
ISSN
1543-0383

Abstract

The Metaphysics of Labor in   john Donne’s Sermon to the  Virginia Company by Thomas Festa HE  record of  j ohn  Donne’s  employment  is  not  usually the  first  considerationof     readers  of  his  poetry.  Still,in     the  background  Tof  the  most  influential  twentieth-century crit   icism  of  the  poet,  the  rakish  wit  of  the  Satyres,  Elegies,  and  Songs and Sonets,  now  rightly  placed  in  the  historical co   ntextof     his  coterie,malin   gersa   bout  the  edges  of  the  Inns  of  Court, the  Egertonand     Drury  households,  Parliament— even  the  VirginiaCo   mpany—eventuallyseekin   g  preferment  as  a  royal  polemicist,  a  charismaticpreach   er, and  then,  finally,  as  the  dean  of  St.  Paul’s.At     the  same   time,  it has  become  something  of  a  critical co   mmon- place  to  discuss  Donne’s  “apostasy”  in  relation to     his  quest  for  patron- age  in  the j acobean court—at   rendtha   tma   kes  especiallyclear   th   e  inex- tric able  link between  his  religiousco   nversionand     his  sense  of  worldly  work.  Yet  for  criticswho     do  not  concede  to  the  secularizingdeprecia   - tion  of  his  faith,Do   nne  offers  in  his  sermons  a  long and  complex  record  of  literary thou   ghtand     performance thatb  

Journal

Studies in Philology – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 11, 2009

There are no references for this article.