Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleHope's gambit: The Jesuitical, Protestant, skeptical origins of Donne's heroic ideal.AuthorsKlause, JohnAbstractPoints out contradictions in John Donne's attitudes toward the heroic ideal. Diminishing of the achievements or pretensions of the learned; Satire on intellectual extravagances of scholars; Necessity of personal models and heroes.SubjectsDONNE, John, 1572-1631; INTELLECTUAL life; CRITICISM; HERO worship; HEROES; RELIGION &; literature; CHRISTIANITY &; literaturePublicationStudies in Philology, 1994, Vol 91, Issue 2, p181ISSN0039-3738Publication typeLiterary Criticism