British imperialism in Virginia: John Donne’s humanistic and prophetic roles
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.
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10361-138912020-07-20T21:01:13Z British imperialism in Virginia: John Donne’s humanistic and prophetic roles Sarker, Babu Chowdhury, Rukhsana R. Department of English and Humanities, Brac University Imperialism Colonisation Virginia Company Humanistic and prophetic British colonies Philosophy of mind in literature 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). 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. Babu Sarker M. in English 2020-07-20T15:53:50Z 2020-07-20T15:53:50Z 2019 2019-12 Thesis ID 17363002 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/13891 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 46 pages application/pdf Brac University |
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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. |
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British imperialism in Virginia: John Donne’s humanistic and prophetic roles |
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