From Christ the Saviour to God the Father: Adjustmentsto Forgiveness in Donne’s Short Poem, “Wilt thou forgive. . . ”
Donne’s short religious poem, which begins “Wilt thou forgive…” has undergone numerous changes in its journey through the hands of copyists and into print. The establishment of a stemma and its analysis shows an early, theologically difficult and questioning poem which was progressively altered by d...
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2021
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| Riassunto: | Donne’s short religious poem, which begins “Wilt thou forgive…” has undergone numerous changes in its journey through the hands of copyists and into print. The establishment of a stemma and its analysis shows an early, theologically difficult and questioning poem which was progressively altered by different hands, a process which turned the short verses into a devout affirmation of faith, something quite contrary to Donne’s initial conception of the poem. |
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