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 Henry Vaughan Quotes
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 Henry Vaughan ( April 17 , 1622 - April 28 , 1695 ) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother of the philosopher Thomas Vaughan. Sourced Silex Scintillans (1655) Dear Night! this world's defeat; The stop to busy fools; care's check... 
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Henry Vaughan | | Birth Date: |
April 17, 1622 | | Death Date: |
April 23, 1695 | | Place of Birth: |
Llansantfraed, Brecknockshire, Wales | | Place of Death: |
Newton, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Henry Vaughan
490 words, approx. 2 pages
The British poet Henry Vaughan (1621-1695), one of the finest poets of the metaphysical school, wrote verse marked by mystical intensity, sensitivity to nature, tranquility of tone, and power of wording. Henry Vaughan was born in Brecknockshire, Wales.... summary from source:
 Biography of Henry Vaughan
14,939 words, approx. 50 pages
 Henry Vaughan, the major English poet of the Commonwealth period, has been among the writers benefiting most from the twentieth-century revival of interest in the poetry of John Donne and his followers. Vaughan's early poems, notably those published in...
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 Henry Vaughan Information
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Henry Vaughan (April 17, 1622 − April 28, 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet and a Doctor. Vaughan was born to Thomas Vaughan (son of writer and colonial investor William Vaughan) and Denise Morgan in at 'Trenewydd', Newton, in Breconshire, Wales. He...
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 The Daily Mail (London, England) [pound]5m Johnny Vaughan is dethroned by Henry VIII.
09/12/2001: 355 words, approx. 1 pages Byline: TARA CONLAN JOHNNY Vaughan's eagerly awaited comedy show on BBC2 was beaten in the ratings by a Channel 4 historical documentary. While Vaughan's sitcom 'Orrible was seen by only 2.5million viewers, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, historian Dr David Starkey's... summary from source:
Monarch Notes Poems of Henry Vaughn: Introduction: Henry Vaughan
01/01/1963: 118 words, approx. 0 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Introduction: Henry Vaughan Henry Vaughan, the Silurist (so-called after the section of Wales from which he came), was educated at Oxford, probably at Jesus College. He saw service in the Royalist cause, later studied medicine and became a practicing doctor. His...
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 Critical Essay by Arthur L. Clements
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In the following excerpt from an essay originally published in a different form in Studia Mystica in 1987, Clements seeks "to clarify the question of mysticism in Vaughan's poetry and to illustrate the kind of study of individual poems necessary for determining the nature and extent of Vaughan's mysticism."
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Critical Essay by Noel Kennedy Thomas
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An English literary scholar, Thomas was Head of the Department of English at Westhill College, affiliated with the University of Birmingham, for over a quarter century. His areas of specialization include seventeenth-century literature, twentieth-century drama, religious poetry of all periods, and Shakespeare's works. In the following chapter from his book on Vaughan, Thomas argues "that it is impossible to understand Vaughan's spiritual vision without recognising the enormous impact w... summary from source:
Critical Essay by Frank Kermode
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Kermode is an English critic whose career combines modern critical methods with expert traditional scholarship, particularly in his work on Shakespeare. He characterizes all human knowledge as poetic, or fictive: constructed by humans and affected by the perceptual and emotional limitations of human consciousness. Because perceptions of life and the world change, so does human knowledge and the meaning attached to things and events. Thus, there is no single fixed reality over time. Similarly, true or �...
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