Baroque Influences and Metaphysical Components in Joseph Brodsky’s Great Elegy to John Donne

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    Article Title Baroque Influences and Metaphysical Components in Joseph Brodsky’s Great Elegy to John Donne
    Article Title English Baroque Influences and Metaphysical Components in Joseph Brodsky’s Great Elegy to John Donne
    Volume / Issue Volume: 10 / Issue: 2
    EDITOR Duygu ÖZAKIN
    Article Language English
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    John Donne (1572-1631) was accepted as one of the most significant English poets of elegiac poems. Russian poet Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was inspired by Donne and wrote in 1963 Great Elegy to John Donne under the influence of his metaphysical approach. Traces of popular metaphysical charasteristics of John Donne’s poetry on the works of Joseph Brodsky constitute the main subject of this work. Baroque influence under social realist Soviet literary rule as an anti-mainstream instrument in Brodsky's poetry is also studied. The aim of the study is questioning why new artistic trends disposed to stand against or justify themselves by previous periods and genres in the context of intertextuality. Key Words: Baroque, Elegy, Joseph Brodsky, John Donne, intertextuality.
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    John Donne (1572-1631) was accepted as one of the most significant English poets of elegiac poems. Russian poet Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was inspired by Donne and wrote in 1963 Great Elegy to John Donne under the influence of his metaphysical approach. Traces of popular metaphysical charasteristics of John Donne’s poetry on the works of Joseph Brodsky constitute the main subject of this work. Baroque influence under social realist Soviet literary rule as an anti-mainstream instrument in Brodsky's poetry is also studied. The aim of the study is questioning why new artistic trends disposed to stand against or justify themselves by previous periods and genres in the context of intertextuality. Key Words: Baroque, Elegy, Joseph Brodsky, John Donne, intertextuality.
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