The Complete English Poems: John Donne (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Donne, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857150058 ISBN 13: 9781857150056

Publisher: Everyman, 1991

Synopsis

This text contains the complete English poems of John Donne. The detailed notes explain unfamiliar words, clarify obscure references, and refine grammatical complexities; they also give the most important variant reading from selected manuscripts. Avoided are any paraphrases, personal interpretation and unauthorized textual emendations. The book begins with an introduction to the poet and his times, including a bibliography of over 750 items. To complete the volume, Alexander Pope's versions of Donne Satyres II and IV, which are often called into comparison with the originals, have been included in an appendix. C.A. Patrides was the author of over 20 works on the literature of the Renaissance, including "The English Poems of George Herbert".

About this title

About the Author:

John Donne was born into a Catholic family in 1572. After a conventional education at Hart Hall, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn, he took part in the Earl of Essex's expedition to the Azores in 1597. He secretly married Anne More in December 1601 and was imprisoned by her father, Sir George, in the Fleet two months later. He was ordained priest in January 1615 and took a Doctorate of Divinity at Cambridge the same year. He was made Dean of St Paul's in London in 1621, a position he held until his death in 1631. He is famous for the sermons he preached in his later years, as well as for his poems.

A.J. Smith was Professor Emeritus of the University of Southampton. His book include Literary Love (1983) and Metaphysical Wit (1992). He died in Salisbury in 1991.

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1857150058
• ISBN 13: 9781857150056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 569