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    British imperialism in Virginia: John Donne’s humanistic and prophetic roles

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    2019-12
    Publisher
    Brac University
    Author
    Sarker, Babu
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13891
    Abstract
    This dissertation takes an in-depth look at the work of the famous metaphysical poet John Donne to explore the extent of his physical as well as spiritual engagement with the imperialistic ambitions of the British crown. The study of this paper offers an analysis of a selection of Donne’s literary works. As John Donne had some direct involvement with England’s imperial ambitions through his association with the Virginia Company, this paper studies Donne’s criticism of colonialism despite being a part of that very system. By exposing how evangelization was used as a tool of British imperial aggression, John Donne comes across to the reader as a humanist with prophetic qualities. He argues that the expansion of the Virginia Company should be carried out with the noble, superior and moralistic notions of true spiritual imperialism through spreading the gospel values.
    Keywords
    Imperialism; Colonisation; Virginia Company; Humanistic and prophetic
     
    LC Subject Headings
    British colonies; Philosophy of mind in literature
     
    Description
    This thesis report is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Teaching to Speakers of Other Languages, 2019.
     
    Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
     
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46).
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    Department of English and Humanities, Brac University
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