Cultural Amnesia

Donne and Marvell get the beloved into bed, but lavish all their lyricism on reassuring her that she remains as attractive as she was when she played it coy.

That is from Clive James, Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts, a series of fascinating biographical vignettes.  Thanks to Slate.com for the pointer to this book.

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