Typology and Iconography in Donne, Herbert, and Milton: Fashioning the Self after Jeremiah

This book analyzes the iconographic traditions of Jeremiah and of melancholy to show how Donne, Herbert, and Milton each fashions himself after the icons presented in Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem , Sluter's sculpture of Jeremiah in the Well of Moses, and Michelangelo's fresco of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-05-14

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349485086

DOI: 10.1057/9781137397805

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 275