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John Donne: Paradoxes and Problems
Helen Peters (ed.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published in print:
1980
ISBN:
9780198127536
Published online:
September 2012
EISBN:
9780191732850
DOI:
10.1093/actrade/9780198127536.book.1
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Front Matter
FRONTISPIECE
PREFACE
REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION
LIST OF SIGLA
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Paradoxes and Problems
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Paradoxes
Paradox I That all things kill themselves
Paradox II That women ought to paint themselves
Paradox III That old Men are more Fantastique then younge
Paradox IV That Nature is our worst Guide
Paradox V That only Cowards dare dye
Paradox VI That the guifts of the body are better then those of the mind or of Fortune
Paradox VII That a wise man is knowne by much Laughinge
Paradox VIII That good is more common then evill
Paradox IX That by Discord things increase
Paradox X That it is possible to find some vertue in some women
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Problems
Problem I Why are Courtiers sooner Atheists then men of other Condition
Problem II Why doth Sir Walter Ralegh write the Historie of these times
Why do Great Men choose of all dependents to prefer their Bawds
Problem IV Why doth not Gold soyle the fingers
Why die none for love now
Why do young Laymen so much study Divinity
Problem VII Why hath the common opinion affoorded woemen Soules
Why are the fairest falsest
Why have Bastards best Fortune
Why Venus star only doth cast a Shadow
Problem XI Why is Venus Starre multinominous called both Hesperus and Vesper
Problem XI Why is venus starre multinominous and called both Hesperus and vesper
Problem XII Why is there more variety of Greene, then other Collours
Problem XII Why is there more variety of greene then other colour
Why doth the Pox so much affect to undermine the nose
Why are new Officers least oppressing
Problem XV Why Puritans make long Sermons
Why are Statesmen most Incredible
Why doth Johannes Salisburiensis writing de Nugis Curialium handle the Providence and Omnipotency of God
Problem XVIII Why doe women delight soe much in feathers
Problem XVIII Why doe Woemen delight so much in Feathers
Why did the Devil reserve Jesuits for these latter times
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Dubia
A Defence of Womens Inconstancy
That Virginity is a Virtue
The Description of a Scot at first sight
Character of a Dunce
An Essay of Valour
News from the very Country
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End Matter
COMMENTARY
APPENDIX
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