The Complete English Poems of John Donne: Introduction by C. A. Patrides (Everyman's Library Classics) - Hardcover

Donne, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679405585 ISBN 13: 9780679405580

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1991

Synopsis

The magnificent Seventeenth-Century metaphysical poet John Donne created new forms of lyric, satire, erotic poems, and religious verse that left poetry in English forever changed. From his famously sensual love poems to his equally passionate and powerful Holy Sonnets, Donne's forceful language and ingenious wit encompass a remarkable range of tones.

His poetry reflects every stage of his personal development, from the piratical Jack Donne who sailed with Sir Walter Ralegh against the Spaniards and spent riotous nights in the London streets, to the penitent John Donne who became Dean of St. Paul's and the most celebrated preacher of his age. His independence of view, compact manner of expressing conflicting moods, impassioned paradoxes, and outbreakes of cynicism and wry humor make his work particularly appealing to modern readers.

This edition, compiled and introduced by C. A. Patrides, is recognized as the most complete and scholarly one-volume collection of Donne's Complete English Poems available.

Introduction by C. A. Patrides

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About the Author

Denis Donoghue is University Professor and Henry James Chair of English and American Letters at New York University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including, most recently, Words Alone: The Poet T.S. Eliot (Yale University Press).

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This edition, compiled and introduced by C. A. Patrides, is recognized as the most complete and scholarly one-volume collection of the poetical works of John Donne.

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by C. A. Patrides

Edition details

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679405585
• ISBN 13: 9780679405580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576