23. Donne was arguably more radical than Milton: someone who dared to think through the cosmological revolution.
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33. Empson adds that Donne later became more orthodox. And I'll add Empson's analysis remains very controversial among Donne scholars.
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34. But I think Empson was on to something.There's good reason to read John Donne as a writer of proto-science-fiction.
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@HeerJeet well it'd be a with seal on other planets otherwise with only earth getting savedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet what about parallel dimensions? Some of then would haveta have a Christ, in some of them he'd have not died, others never risenThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet There's overtly science-fictional follow-through on this in Twain's 'Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven'. -
@Stephen_GM Yes, and Bradbury's "The Man" and Philip Jose Farmer's Jesus on Mars.
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