Selected Poetry

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Oxford University Press, 1998 - 265 páginas
John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century. In his day it seemed to his admirers that Donne had changed the literary universe, and he is now widely regarded as the founder of the metaphysical 'school'. Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of rhythms, images, forms, and personae, from irresistible seducerto devout believer. His greatness stems from the subtleties and ambivalences of tone that convey his remarkably modern awareness of the instability of the self. This collection of Donne's verse is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition of his major works. It includes a wide selection from his secular and divine poems, such as the rebellious and libertine satires and love elegies, the virtuoso Songs and Sonnets, and the desperate, passionate HolySonnets. John Carey's introduction and extensive notes provide valuable insights into Donne's poetic genius.

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Epithalamion Made at Lincolns
42
EARLY VERSE LETTERS
48
To Sir Henry Wotton Heres no more news
55
Mercurius GalloBelgicus
60
The Progress of the Soul Metempsychosis
76
The Good Morrow
82
The Triple Fool
89
Confined Love
103
To Sir Edward Herbert at Juliers
144
Elegy on Mistress Bulstrode Death I recant
150
A Funeral Elegy Tis lost to trust
156
Of the Progress of the Soul The Second Anniversary
170
DIVINE POEMS
184
La Corona
196
Death be not proud
202
Good Friday 1613 Riding Westward
208

Witchcraft by a Picture
109
Loves Deity
116
The Relic
122
Farewell to Love
128
To Sir Henry Goodyer Who makes the past
131
To the Countess of Bedford at New Years Tide
137
Satire
213
The Perfume
219
Break of
231
Further Reading
257
Loves Exchange
262
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Poet and churchman John Donne was born in London in 1572. He attended both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, but did not receive a degree from either university. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1592, and was appointed private secretary to Sir Thomas Egerton, Keeper of the Great Seal, in 1598. He became an Anglican priest in 1615 and was appointed royal chaplain later that year. In 1621 he was named dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Donne prepared for his own death by leaving his sickbed to deliver his own funeral sermon, "Death's Duel", and then returned home to have a portrait of himself made in his funeral shroud. He died in London on March 31, 1631. John Carey is Merton Professor of English at Oxford University. A distinguished critic, reviewer, & broadcaster, he is the author of several books, including "The Intellectuals & the Masses".

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