In addition, there is a generous sampling of Donne's prose, including many of his private letters Ignatius His Conclave, a satiric onslaught on the Jesuits excerpts from Biathanatos, his celebrated defense of suicide and his most famous sermons, concluding with the final "Death's Duell." "We have only to read ," wrote Virginia Woolf, "to submit to the sound of that passionate and penetrating voice, and his figure rises again across the waste of the years more erect, more imperious, more inscrutable than any of his time."Ī comprehensive selection of Donne's finest works. FOR THE FIRST TIME FULLY COLLECTED AND COLLATED WITH THE ORIGINAL AND EARLY EDITIONS AND MSS. It was published after Donnes death, appearing in 1633. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne's satires, epigrams, verse letters, and holy sonnets, along with his most ambitious and important poems, the Anniversaries. The best-known metaphysical poem is perhaps The Flea by John Donne. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. The Complete Poems of John Donne (Paperback) Publisher: ISBN: 9781420934373 Number of pages: 256 Weight: 381 g Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 15 mm. This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry.
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