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Five Seventeenth-Century Poets: Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Marvell, Vaughan

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I recommend this book to anyone interested in poetry. In Five Seventeenth-Century Poets: Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Marvell, Vaughan, the author addresses metaphysical poetry. Brijraj Singh took a subject that I have often found cryptic and explained it exquisitely. His historical background on the poets and annotated poems put this beautiful poetry into a context that was easy to comprehend. Upon finishing the book, I have a greater understanding and appreciation of 17th century poetry. Mr. Singh wrote a superlative book!

This collection of major 17th-Century poetry is excellent for undergraduate students. The editor, Brijraj Singh, provides concise introductions to the period as well as to the poets, incorporating major criticism on all the poets. That's the good news. The bad news is that, for some reason, Oxford University Press warehouses these books in India and there are few new titles to be had in the US (The books ordered from O.U.P. took 3 months to arrive in Idaho.) Also a distraction for me and most of my students are the overly detailed, often unnecessary notes--probably useful for international students.