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John Donne's Poetry and Early Modern Visual Culture.(Book review)

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From: Renaissance Quarterly
Date: 20061222
Author:Meakin, H.L.

Ann Hollinshed Hurley. John Donne's Poetry and Early Modern Visual Culture.

The Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 2005. 248 pp. index. bibl. $48.50. ISBN: 1-57591-089-6.

This book contributes to the ongoing experiment in interdisciplinary approaches to early modern studies with its assertion that scholars have yet to fully appreciate Donne's participation in and influence on various aspects of visual culture as they figure in his poetry and prose. While she does discuss portraits, miniatures, and effigies, Hurley ...

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