. This is a review of the book on the barocco aesthetics of John Donne. The author analyses primarily the «Anniversaries», and other elegies and sonnets to a lesser extent. Spiritual legacy of John Donne sees almost no analysis. H. Grady's main method is close reading. and in his examination of John Donne's writings he has been inspired by W. Benjamin's «Ursprung des deutschen Trauerspiels» (1928).
Keywords
barocco aesthetics; John Donne; W. Benjamin; close reading.
