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INDECENCIES IN DONNE'S LOVE POETRY AND RENAISSANCE MOCK-SERIOUS PERSPECTIVES
Abstract
Most Ovidian elements in Donne's Songs and Sonets and his Elegies need more detailed investigations than we presently have. Although Sir Herbert Grierson first discussed the com- mon tone of "witty depravity" in Donne and Ovid, he could not quite solve the recurring problem of Donne's indecency; for while Grierson distinguished the "heartless sensuality" of Ovid from the "gay wit" of Donne, he also said: "even those Elegies which seem to our taste most reprehensible are aerated by a wit which makes us almost forget their indecency. "1 That indecency which Grierson could almost forget has been very well remembered by many, if not most, subsequent critics.
Subject Area
Literature
Recommended Citation
TJARKS, LARRY DEAN, "INDECENCIES IN DONNE'S LOVE POETRY AND RENAISSANCE MOCK-SERIOUS PERSPECTIVES" (1970). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI7017764.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI7017764