John Donne's poetry - John Donne

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."Criticism" is divided into four
sections and represents the best criticism and
interpretation of Donne's writing: "Donne and
Metaphysical Poetry" includes seven
seventeenth-century views by contemporaries of
Donne such as Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, and John Dryden, among others; "Satires, Elegies, and
Verse Letters" includes seven selections that
offer social and literary context for and
insights into Donne's frequently overlooked
early poems; "Songs and Sonnets" features six
analyses of Donne's love poetry; and "Holy
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.