{"product_id":"the-candle-and-the-hourglass-paradox-and-mortality-as-archetypal-energies-in-the-poetry-of-john-donne-9798199676694","title":"The Candle and The Hourglass: Paradox and Mortality as Archetypal Energies in the Poetry of John Donne","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Diana-Lea Baranovich\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003ci\u003eArchetypes in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe Candle and the Hourglass\u003c\/i\u003e explores the poetry of John Donne through the lens of depth psychology, symbolism and archetypal studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968511262871,"sku":"9798199676694","price":855.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199676694.webp?v=1782918331","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-candle-and-the-hourglass-paradox-and-mortality-as-archetypal-energies-in-the-poetry-of-john-donne-9798199676694","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}