Cures and currency in Donne’s letters to patrons

Critics have discussed how John Donne’s writing responds to alchemy and to patronage, but none has examined how he draws parallels between the two frameworks. Donne sees both as convoluted, frustrating processes that rely on falseness. Comparing his praise to alchemical coins—the quality of which wa...

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Main Author: Bumke, Alison
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48507/