Co-Creative Communication in George Herbert and John Donne

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Co-Creative Communication in George Herbert and John Donne is written by Sara Rogalski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 311116375X (ISBN 10) and 9783111163758 (ISBN 13).

This study examines the co-creative relationship between speakers, hearers, and God in poetry and prose by George Herbert and John Donne. Through analyses of communicative situations, communicative interactions, and reflections on communication, models of communication are established that underlie the texts selected. In particular, the activity of hearing is shown to be considered essential to the constitution of a meaningful utterance. In this way, a key function of communication becomes apparent: it can yield a range of creative products – from the conversation itself to a literary artefact and its extratextual effects. This study thus offers a new reading of the texts of George Herbert and John Donne, and provides a clear perspective on how early modern religious texts regarded communication and co-creativity as connected concepts.