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The Candle and The Hourglass: Paradox and Mortality as Archetypal Energies in the Poetry of John Donne
Paperback
Series: Archetypes in Poetry, Book 6
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 2 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Part of the Archetypes in Poetry series, The Candle and the Hourglass explores the poetry of John Donne through the lens of depth psychology, symbolism and archetypal studies.
John Donne's poetry inhabits a world of paradox. Love and death. Body and soul. Faith and doubt. Mortality and transcendence. Rather than resolving these opposites, Donne brings them into relationship, creating a psychological landscape where contradiction becomes a path toward deeper understanding.
This study examines how Donne's poetry gives expression to enduring archetypal energies that continue to shape human experience. Through close psychological reading, readers encounter themes of mortality, spiritual longing, intimacy, suffering, transformation and the confrontation with life's ultimate limits.
Drawing from Jungian psychology, archetypal theory and literary analysis, Diana-Lea Baranovich explores how Donne's poems reveal the psyche's attempt to hold opposing truths simultaneously. The result is a rich exploration of the human condition, where uncertainty becomes meaningful and paradox becomes a vehicle for psychological growth.
Accessible to both general readers and students of literature, this volume invites readers to engage poetry not simply as text but as a symbolic encounter with the deeper structures of emotional and psychological life.
The Archetypes in Poetry series examines major poets through the lens of archetypal psychology, revealing how poetic language expresses universal patterns of human experience across time, culture and imagination.
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