Meditation 17 for the 21st century

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Aeneid, charity, Facebook, John Donne, movies, poetry, poets, pop culture, teaching

A week or so ago, my British Lit. survey class was reading 17th century poet/priest John Donne’s “Meditation 17”—the one with all the famous lines like “Ask not for whom the bell tolls—it tolls for thee” and “No man is an island.” Here’s the 21st-century version (filmed entirely by cell-phone):

Thanks to Darrel Manson for the link.

And speaking of updating great literature of the past, check out Virgil’s Aeneid on Facebook. Some things are timeless; others…not so much.

Meanwhile, in British Literature 1…

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John Donne, literature, poetry

We’ve just been reading (not enough) of John Donne’s poetry, and his famous “Meditation 17” (you know, the “no man is an island” one). Serendipitously, JMNReynolds blogs about connections between John Donne’s poetry and his personal spiritual journey. Read and learn.