Description This study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne.
The soul thus becomes a linking element between the genres of poetry and drama; at the same time, poetry becomes dramatic whenever t.
During the early modern period, the soul is often presented as an actor on the stage of the poem, often becoming a stage by itself when conflicts within it are being enacted, in the tradition of psychomachia.
Description This study analyses concepts and representations of the soul in the poetry of William Shakespeare and John Donne