Talk:John Donne

Question

Should "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" be written "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions"? As a preposition, one would think the "U" ought to be lower case, but in most places I see it capitalized.

The most important thing to remember is that Johne Donne wants some hot lovin'

No man is an Island

shouldnt the quote be "no man is an island"?

I assume the quote as displayed in the article uses the original spelling. I haven't checked this. It is a little confusing, and previous edits have 'corrected' the spelling; perhaps we should at least have a note about the archaic spelling. Or perhaps modernize it?? — Stumps 15:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To His Mistress Going TO Bed

Some sources call this elegy 20 and others elegy 19. Which is definitive? Should this be addressed within the article?Jayunderscorezero 11:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From memory, I don't think there is a definitive number. The numbers are based on convention. Rintrah 13:00, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Essex's Military expeditions?

I see that the first clause in following was deleted a while back ... "After taking part in Essex's military expeditions in 1596-97, he became secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton" What was the reason? — Stumps 17:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eek!

This page needs a lot of help. Facts are super-sketchy.

needs to mention his fusion of sex and religion (batter my heart, etc) ought to reference "the bell tolls for thee"

but those would just be bandaids on the gaping wound that is this page.

Career in English

What does "The account of Donne's life in the 1590s from an early biographer, Izaak Walton, reminds him as a young rake. Scholars theorise this to be declining, since the account was given by the older Donne, after being obtained; he may have wanted to separate, more cleanly than was possible, the younger man-about-town from the older clergyman." mean - can someone translate this into English please -- SGBailey 21:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quote

Done for not keeping of accent deserved hanging - Jonson. I don't agree with him, but when I heard it, I laughed.

Poetry

Very little is said of his poetry, other than a list of poems, after the introduction. If it is mentioned in the introduction, it should be expatiated somewhere else in the article. Rintrah 13:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]