The Spouter-Inn

39. The Metaphysical Poets.


Listen Later

Now therefore, while the youthful hue

Sits on thy skin like morning dew,
And while thy willing soul transpires
At every pore with instant fires,
Now let us sport us while we may,
And now, like amorous birds of prey,
Rather at once our time devour
Than languish in his slow-chapped power.
Let us roll all our strength and all
Our sweetness up into one ball,
And tear our pleasures with rough strife
Through the iron gates of life:
Thus, though we cannot make our sun
Stand still, yet we will make him run.

Chris and Suzanne wrap up their cluster on

Sex by looking at some
Metaphysical Poets —namely, Andrew Marvell and John Donne. How and why do
they use philosophical ideas and argumentation in their poetry? What is going
on, formally and structurally? And is it erotic, and if so… where do the
erotic interests lie? Women? Nature? God? The poets themselves?

Show Notes.

The selection of poems we

looked at. [PDF]

An anthology of Metaphysical poetry.

[Bookshop.]

More poems by Marvell

and Donne.

A review of a recent biography of Andrew

Marvell [Nigel Smith: Andrew Marvell: The
Chameleon].

A recent acquisition of a manuscript of Donne poems that circulated through

his coterie.

Next: Mart Crowley: The Boys in the Band.

[Bookshop.]

Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon. [Thank

you!]

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Spouter-InnBy Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

30 ratings


More shows like The Spouter-Inn

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,055 Listeners

The Political Scene | The New Yorker by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

4,008 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,432 Listeners

Conversations with Tyler by Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Conversations with Tyler

2,424 Listeners

Philosophy Bites by Edmonds and Warburton

Philosophy Bites

1,543 Listeners

The TLS Podcast by The TLS

The TLS Podcast

185 Listeners

Chapo Trap House by Chapo Trap House

Chapo Trap House

8,844 Listeners

It’s Just A Show by Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)

It’s Just A Show

48 Listeners

Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

Radio Atlantic

2,308 Listeners

Stay Tuned with Preet by Preet Bharara

Stay Tuned with Preet

32,382 Listeners

You’re Not Funny by Adam Clarke and Chris Piuma

You’re Not Funny

1 Listeners

And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Adam Clarke

And Thereby Hangs A Tale

1 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

580 Listeners

Classical Stuff You Should Know by A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee

Classical Stuff You Should Know

732 Listeners

Dear Reader by Michael Collins and Emily Gushue Whalen

Dear Reader

1 Listeners

This Is Your Mixtape by Michael Collins

This Is Your Mixtape

10 Listeners

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien

32 Listeners

The Opposite Of Lonely by Nadia Halim

The Opposite Of Lonely

0 Listeners

A Part Of Our Scare-itage by Adam Clarke and Sarah Chamberlain

A Part Of Our Scare-itage

7 Listeners

The Scene of the Scene by Megaphonic

The Scene of the Scene

0 Listeners

HubrisWeen! by S Frost and Tim Lehnerer

HubrisWeen!

0 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

14,407 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,083 Listeners

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

1,712 Listeners

Game Show 1939! by Chris Piuma and Michael Collins

Game Show 1939!

2 Listeners

The Opinions by The New York Times Opinion

The Opinions

548 Listeners