I like Donne because there are so many layers to it. You can enjoy some of it as just hilarious and bawdy and then look at it again and see some real human insight or some deep spirituality or whatever.
But, yes, he's a nutty bastard. :)
Have you seen the movie Wit with Emma Thompson? It's about a professor who's expertise is in Donne. She's dying of cancer and dealing with all of that stuff he likes to write about later in life. I think that was my first exposure to Donne...It's a gooooood movie. We're going to read the play and then watch it. I'm going to bawl and make a fool of myself infront of my classmates. It'll be great.
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Date: 2005-04-22 04:17 pm (UTC)But, yes, he's a nutty bastard. :)
Have you seen the movie Wit with Emma Thompson? It's about a professor who's expertise is in Donne. She's dying of cancer and dealing with all of that stuff he likes to write about later in life. I think that was my first exposure to Donne...It's a gooooood movie. We're going to read the play and then watch it. I'm going to bawl and make a fool of myself infront of my classmates. It'll be great.