Co-Creative Communication in George Herbert and John Donne

This study examines the co-creative relationship between speakers, hearers, and God in poetry and prose by George Herbert and John Donne. Through analyses of communicative situations, communicative interactions, and reflections on communication, models of communication are established that underlie the texts selected. In particular, the activity of hearing is shown to be considered essential to the constitution of a meaningful utterance. In this way, a key function of communication becomes apparent: it can yield a range of creative products - from the conversation itself to a literary artefact and its extratextual effects.
This study thus offers a new reading of the texts of George Herbert and John Donne, and provides a clear perspective on how early modern religious texts regarded communication and co-creativity as connected concepts.

About the author

Sara Rogalski
, Tübingen, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Rogalski
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2025
• EAN: 9783111161488
• ISBN: 978-3-11-116148-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 15 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 733 g
• Illustrations: 5 b/w and 6 col. ill., 3 col. tbl.
• Series: Andere Ästhetik - Studien; Andere Ästhetik – Studien
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Kommunikation, Englisch, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, Linguistics, Communication, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, LIT025000 LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Co-Kreativität, PHI001000 PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, LIT025040 LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, LIT024020 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, early modern literature, LIT014000 LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, English literary history, Co-creativity, Metaphysische Lyrik, metaphysical poetry, Literatur/Frühe Neuzeit