This collection of specially written essays offers a comprehensive introduction to John Donne - the pre-eminent metaphysical poet, and one of the greatest lyric poets of all time, whose intellect and irreverent wit has left a mark and influence on English poetry. An invaluable guide for both student and teacher, the essays offer the most up-to-date scholarship and introduce students to the current thinking and debates about Donne. Special features include a chronology; a meditation on Donne by the contemporary novelist A. S. Byatt; and an extensive bibliography of editions and criticism.
This collection of specially written essays offers a comprehensive introduction to John Donne - the pre-eminent metaphysical poet, and one of the greatest lyric poets of all time, whose intellect and irreverent wit has left a mark and influence on English poetry. An invaluable guide for both student and teacher, the essays offer the most up-to-date scholarship and introduce students to the current thinking and debates about Donne. Special features include a chronology; a meditation on Donne by the contemporary novelist A. S. Byatt; and an extensive bibliography of editions and criticism.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Achsah Guibbory is Professor of English at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The Map of Time: Seventeenth-Century English Literature and Ideas of Pattern in History (1986), Ceremony and Community from Herbert to Milton: Literature, Religion, and Cultural Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England (1998), and has written numerous articles on seventeenth-century English literature and culture, and on John Donne. Her essay on Donne's Elegies, published in ELH (1990), was winner of the award from the John Donne Society for distinguished publication.
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Chronology 1. Donne's life: a sketch Jonathan F. S. Post 2. The text of Donne's writings Ted-Larry Pebworth 3. The social context and nature of Donne's writing: occasional verse and letters Arthur F. Marotti 4. Literary contexts: predecessors and contemporaries Andrew Hadfield 5. Donne's religious world Alison Shell and Arnold Hunt 6. Donne's political world Tom Cain 7. Reading and rereading Donne's poetry Judith Herz 8. Satirical writing: Donne in shadows Annabel Patterson 9. Erotic poetry Achsah Guibbory 10. Devotional writing Helen Wilcox 11. Donne as preacher Peter McCullough 12. Donne's language: the conditions of communication Lynne Magnusson 13. Gender matters: the women in Donne's poems Ilona Bell 14. Facing death Ramie Targoff 15. Donne's afterlife Dayton Haskin 16. Feeling thought: Donne and the embodied mind A. S. Byatt 17. Select bibliography L. E. Semler.
Chronology; 1. Donne's life: a sketch Jonathan F. S. Post; 2. The text of Donne's writings Ted-Larry Pebworth; 3. The social context and nature of Donne's writing: occasional verse and letters Arthur F. Marotti; 4. Literary contexts: predecessors and contemporaries Andrew Hadfield; 5. Donne's religious world Alison Shell and Arnold Hunt; 6. Donne's political world Tom Cain; 7. Reading and rereading Donne's poetry Judith Herz; 8. Satirical writing: Donne in shadows Annabel Patterson; 9. Erotic poetry Achsah Guibbory; 10. Devotional writing Helen Wilcox; 11. Donne as preacher Peter McCullough; 12. Donne's language: the conditions of communication Lynne Magnusson; 13. Gender matters: the women in Donne's poems Ilona Bell; 14. Facing death Ramie Targoff; 15. Donne's afterlife Dayton Haskin; 16. Feeling thought: Donne and the embodied mind A. S. Byatt; 17. Select bibliography L. E. Semler.
Chronology 1. Donne's life: a sketch Jonathan F. S. Post 2. The text of Donne's writings Ted-Larry Pebworth 3. The social context and nature of Donne's writing: occasional verse and letters Arthur F. Marotti 4. Literary contexts: predecessors and contemporaries Andrew Hadfield 5. Donne's religious world Alison Shell and Arnold Hunt 6. Donne's political world Tom Cain 7. Reading and rereading Donne's poetry Judith Herz 8. Satirical writing: Donne in shadows Annabel Patterson 9. Erotic poetry Achsah Guibbory 10. Devotional writing Helen Wilcox 11. Donne as preacher Peter McCullough 12. Donne's language: the conditions of communication Lynne Magnusson 13. Gender matters: the women in Donne's poems Ilona Bell 14. Facing death Ramie Targoff 15. Donne's afterlife Dayton Haskin 16. Feeling thought: Donne and the embodied mind A. S. Byatt 17. Select bibliography L. E. Semler.
Chronology; 1. Donne's life: a sketch Jonathan F. S. Post; 2. The text of Donne's writings Ted-Larry Pebworth; 3. The social context and nature of Donne's writing: occasional verse and letters Arthur F. Marotti; 4. Literary contexts: predecessors and contemporaries Andrew Hadfield; 5. Donne's religious world Alison Shell and Arnold Hunt; 6. Donne's political world Tom Cain; 7. Reading and rereading Donne's poetry Judith Herz; 8. Satirical writing: Donne in shadows Annabel Patterson; 9. Erotic poetry Achsah Guibbory; 10. Devotional writing Helen Wilcox; 11. Donne as preacher Peter McCullough; 12. Donne's language: the conditions of communication Lynne Magnusson; 13. Gender matters: the women in Donne's poems Ilona Bell; 14. Facing death Ramie Targoff; 15. Donne's afterlife Dayton Haskin; 16. Feeling thought: Donne and the embodied mind A. S. Byatt; 17. Select bibliography L. E. Semler.
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'... important ... the first comprehensive guide to Donne's work ...' The Times Literary Supplement
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