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Coles, Kimberly Anne. “The Matter of Belief in John Donne’s Holy Sonnets.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 68, no. 3, Fall 2015, pp. 899-931. JSTOR, doi:10.1086/683855.

Macari, Anne Marie. “Lyric Impulse in a Time of Extinction.” American Poetry Review, vol. 44, no. 4, July/Aug. 2015, pp. 11-14. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/.

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  • journal title, italicized
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  • page number(s) of article, if any
  • name of database, italicized
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