| Sumario: | A chapter of the book "Studies in Honor of Denah Lida" that deals with the pro-Spanish views of John Donne immediately after the defeat of the Spanish armada by England is presented. It states that John Donne belongs to distinguished, politicized Catholics. He is the nephew of Sir Thomas More, a Renaissance English and Catholic Martyr. It notes that through Donne's anguish relation to Catholicism, he developed an ambivalent attitude towards Spain. Donne took orders in the Church of England and became Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, England.
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