John Donne's Poetry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521099097)

In this 1975 text, Dr Sanders approaches John Donne, beginnings with his arresting voice; individual and often puzzling. He asks of the live poetry and religious poetry alike, where is Donne speaking his own voice, when is he adopting a persona, what is the effect of his irony? And, he goes on, what affects us as true and fine when is Donne the prey of his own manner and self-irony; when is he conventionally amorous, cynical or pious? From this consideration Dr Sanders returns with a central body of poems which he considers great and unique. Many readers of Donne ask themselves uncomfortably whether their admiration is merely fashionable, or their dissatisfaction merely a reaction against fashion. Dr Sanders's calm examination proceeds from a disinterested wish to to find what is admirable, but not to lose sight of common-sense judgements exemplified in the past by Johnson.

Author: Wilbur Sanders
ISBN-10: 0521099099
ISBN-13: 9780521099097
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/23/1975
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d