John Donne's Poetry: A Norton Critical Edition

John Donne's Poetry: A Norton Critical Edition

<p><strong>€œDonald Dickson's <em>John Donne's Poetry</em> is the best text of Donne now available. It is scrupulously edited, and equally useful for students and for scholars.€€•Harold Bloom, Yale University</strong></p> The texts reprinted in this new Norton Critical Edition have been scrupulously edited and are from the Westmoreland manuscript where possible, collated against the most important families of Donne manuscripts€•the Cambridge Belam, the Dublin Trinity, and the O€Flahertie€•and compared with all seven seventeenth-century printed editions of the poems as well as all major twentieth-century editions. €œCriticism€ is divided into four sections and represents the best criticism and interpretation of Donne€s writing: €œDonne and Metaphysical Poetry€ includes seven seventeenth-century views by contemporaries of Donne such as Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, and John Dryden, among others; €œSatires, Elegies, and Verse Letters€ includes seven selections that offer social and literary context for and insights into Donne€s frequently overlooked early poems; €œSongs and Sonnets€ features six analyses of Donne€s love poetry; and €œHoly Sonnets/Divine Poems€ explores Donne€s struggles as a Christian through four authoritative essays. A Chronology of Donne€s life and work, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines are also included.