John Donne's Poetry: A Norton Critical Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393926484)

The texts reprinted in this new Norton Critical Edition have been scrupulously edited and are from the Westmoreland manuscript where possible, collated against the most important families of Donne manuscripts--the Cambridge Belam, the Dublin Trinity, and the O'Flahertie--and compared with all seven seventeenth-century printed editions of the poems as well as all major twentieth-century editions. "Criticism" is divided into four sections and represents the best criticism and interpretation of Donne's writing: "Donne and Metaphysical Poetry" includes seven seventeenth-century views by contemporaries of Donne such as Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, and John Dryden, among others; "Satires, Elegies, and Verse Letters" includes seven selections that offer social and literary context for and insights into Donne's frequently overlooked early poems; "Songs and Sonnets" features six analyses of Donne's love poetry; and "Holy Sonnets/Divine Poems" explores Donne's struggles as a Christian through four authoritative essays. A Chronology of Donne's life and work, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines are also included.

Author: John Donne
ISBN-10: 0393926486
ISBN-13: 9780393926484
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.14w x 0.85d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 257