across genres (the epigram; the verse satire; the love lyric, the religious sonnet; the epithalamium; the sermon), and across roles (student of law; soldier; secretary to my Lord Egerton; husband; diplomat; theologian; cleric; living memento mori). The contributors pursue him into corners, and argue as to his motives. Why, for example, did he enter holy orders: was he driven by ambition or faith? As Jeanne Shami illustrates, the process involved almost every layer of his being.
from The Times Literary Supplement: John Donne in the labyrinth
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