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Richard Crashaw (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Richard Crashaw wrote primarily religious poetry reflecting the life of Christ and the symbols of Christianity.

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Richard Crashaw occupies his niche in literary history as a sort of maverick Metaphysical whose poetry, although displaying many of the techniques and characteristics of John Donne and George Herbert, is unique in its baroque flamboyance and its strong Roman Catholic...

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