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The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons (Oxford World's Classics) [Paperback]

John Donne (Author), John Carey (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 28, 2000 | ISBN-10: 019284041X | ISBN-13: 978-0192840417

John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century, and has often been referred to as the founder of the metaphysical genre. His poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of tones, images, forms, and personae. This collection of Donne's verse includes a wide selection from both his secular and divine poems, including such well-known poems as "Air and Angels," "The Flea," the "Holy Sonnets", and "The Progress of the Soul." The poems are provided with full Notes and a useful Introduction to Donne's life and poetry.

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John Donne (1572-1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, the representative of the so-called metaphysical poets of the period, though the term itself came after his death. His works include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and sermons. John Carey is at University of Oxford.

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Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 28, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 019284041X
ISBN-13: 978-0192840417
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
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All hail, sweet poet, more full of more strong fire, Read the first page

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inflaming eyes, hypostatical union, undated sermon, thou couldest, plenteous redemption, single money, sermon preached, thine angel, close prison, funeral elegy, left thee

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