John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. This book looks at the entire range of his poetic output, from the erotic to the divine, from satires to sonnets. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, Donne's intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored. The practical techniques are explained clearly, and when applied to the work of other poets, will enable the reader to feel confident in understanding and ...
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John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. This book looks at the entire range of his poetic output, from the erotic to the divine, from satires to sonnets. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, Donne's intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored. The practical techniques are explained clearly, and when applied to the work of other poets, will enable the reader to feel confident in understanding and discussing even the most demanding verse.
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New. 0312225229. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED--223 pages--TABLE OF CONTENTS: General Editor's Preface Introduction 1 * Pt. 1 Analysing John Donne's Poetry 5 * 1 Elegies and Lust 7 * Elegie XIX, To his Mistris going to Bed 7 * Elegie XVIII, Love's Progress 15 * Aire and Angels 21 * 2 Satire 28 * Song 28 * Satyre I (On London Society) 31 * The Legacie 40 * 3 The Intensity of Love 46 * The Good-Morrow 47 * Loves Usury 51 * The Flea 54 * A Valediction: forbidding mourning 58 * A Feaver 63 * The Extasie 67 * 4 Confusion and Doubt 77 * The Prohibition 77 * Woman's Constancy 81 * The Apparition 83 * Lovers Infinitenesse 86 * The Anniversarie 90 * 5 The Poet and Mortality 96 * A Nocturnal upon Saint Lucie's Day 97 * A Valediction: of Weeping 103 * The Funerall 107 * The Dampe 110 * 6 From Secular to Divine 116 * Satyre III, On Religion 117 * Twicknam Garden 124 * Man to God's Image, Eve, to Man's was Made 128 * Holy Sonnet I 131 * Holy Sonnet XIII 135 * Sonnet XIV 138 * 7 Divine Poetry 143 * Good Friday, 1613, Riding Westward 143 * A Hymne to God the Father 148 * Sonnet XVII 152 * Sonnet XI 156 * Sonnet VI 158 * Sonnet X 161 * Pt. 2 The Context and the Critics 165 * 8 John Donne's Life and Works 167 * 9 The Critical History 174 * 10 Contemporary Critical Views 189 * Notes 206 * Index 209. --DESCRIPTION: --John Donne's poems are some of the most challenging and stimulating in the English literary heritage. One of the Renaissance's most human voices, his reputation as a poet has grown steadily since his death in 1631, fueled by poets like Coleridge, Browning, and T. S. Eliot. This book looks at the entire range of his poetic output, from the erotic to the divine, from satires to sonnets. Through detailed analysis of a large number of individual poems, most reproduced complete, Donne's intellectual vitality and unique poetic voice is entertainingly explored. --with a bonus offer--
