To his Coy Mistress

Marvell, Andrew

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“…25 Lakoff & Turner (1989, Ch.1) point out an alternative conception of time, which they discuss as the TIME IS A PURSUER metaphor. In the poem "To His Coy Mistress" written by Andrew Marvell (1681Marvell ( /1999 time is depicted as a motive force that impels us forward from behind: "But at my back I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near; / And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity." Additional examples come from Google search: "Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic forced 30-year-old Roger Federer to accept that time has caught up with him" (Daily Mail Online, Sep 10, 2011); "Goodbye, my dear mother, time hurries me along, I am going to the Opera" -Maurice Dupin in a letter to his mother, George Sand (1991, p. 154).…”

Section: Time In Conceptual Metaphorsmentioning

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Waliński¹

2014

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Section: Time In Conceptual Metaphorsmentioning

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Waliński¹

2014

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“…In this poem, the lover's mother is shipwrecked at sea and "split against the stone, /In a Caesarean section" (Marvell, 2003b). This caesarean section is not described as a scientific procedure but rather as the mythical birth of a hero.…”

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Birthing and Mining in John Donne’s “To His Mistress Going to Bed”

Frayne¹

2017

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This paper uncovers an aspect of "To His Mistress Going to Bed" that has largely been ignored by critics of the poem, namely, the poem's interest in the interrelationship between power, geological exploration, and childbirth. Over the past twenty years, social historians and historians of medicine have explored early modern accounts of childbirth, making it possible for scholars to recover the historical context framing Donne's depictions of childbirth. Placing "To His Mistress" within this historical context forces us to rethink a number of critical assumptions about the poem: in particular that the poem concerns sex but not procreation. In this paper, I explore the implications that medical beliefs about reproduction and the medical politics of childbirth had for Donne as he set about trying to dramatize male desire and uncover the hidden interior of the female body. My historical analysis reveals how the poem fits within the early modern conversation about women's reproductive power and artificial birth. By illuminating interwoven references to childbirth with references to mining, I situate Donne's poem within the larger early modern conversation about women's reproductive power and artificial birth. This repositioning has important implications for Donne's sexual politics and the medical context informing his work.

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“…Yet he had made a name for himself, and his work as the pioneer of the Oxford City Library: "this quaint honour," did not "turn to dust." 25 Even today, his grave is still "a fine and private place." Standing clear of the hawthorn and in the shade of the yew, it is heightened in summer with purple-flowering Honesty speckled all around.…”

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International Dateline -- From London's East End to the Dreaming Spires of Oxford

Ricketts¹

2008

Against the Grain

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To his Coy Mistress

Cited by 11 publications

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Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Complementarity of Space and Time in Distance Representations

Birthing and Mining in John Donne’s “To His Mistress Going to Bed”

International Dateline -- From London's East End to the Dreaming Spires of Oxford

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