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Thank the gods that copyright law was not discovered in the Iron Age. If it had been, and if Homer had been succeeded by some litigious heirs, the vast trove of Western literature derived or extrapolated from the Iliad and Odyssey--including Vergil's Aeneid, Dante's Inferno, Chaucer's...
Stanford's Janet E. Halley, a scholar known for linking the metaphysics of English poet John Donne and the modern politics of "don't ask, don't tell" sexuality, has been appointed professor of law at Harvard Law School (HLS).
It is understandable that Dr. Bearing receives little attention from any personal acquaintances. As an extremely harsh but brilliant John Donne scholar, she has spent her life alienating colleagues, students and family with her arrogance. She is fiercely independent and is proud of her strength and lack of personal connections...
Sadly, despite its insightful exploration of terminal illness and all its repercussions, Wit cannot offer a solution, a cure. Dr. Bearing informs us two minutes into the play that she will ultimately die. Perhaps an answer to some of the dilemmas appears in the John Donne sonnets that provide Dr...
The class explores the relation between writing and science in the 16th and 17th centuries, when scientific discourse was just beginning to emerge. For example, students will learn how the poetry of John Donne blends the goal of seduction with an awareness of scientific theory.