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The
Calligrapher : A Novel by Edward Docx Houghton Mifflin Co; (October 2003) Although at Luminarium I do not, as a rule, list works of fiction alongside critical works, in this case I was willing to make an exception, because it would be selfish to keep the pleasure of this book to myself. In this novel, a young London calligrapher (yes, such a thing still exists!) is commissioned to transcribe thirty of Donne's Songs and Sonnets for a patron. Edward Docx weaves the sonnets deftly into the narrative of the personal life of Jasper Jackson, calligrapher, player, and cynic, who is used to manipulating women for his own ends. Docx explores what happens when the lover himself is ensnared by love. Stylistically, The Calligrapher is a delight. Docx' language is delectable, each word carefully chosen, and his sentences sparkle with effortless intelligence. The main character and his language are fresh and unique, the way of viewing the world intriguing. As narrator, Jasper is complex and personable, an alluring rogue of whom one does not quickly tire. The novel affords plenty of affectionate satire of contemporary London types, subtle intellectual snobbery, and a lovely awareness of the city of London, almost as another character. The locations are sketched briefly, but so accurately and evocatively, that one familiar with, say, the Camden Market in London or the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, experiences an overwhelming twinge of nostalgia. There is a goodly amount of thematic and structural analysis of the sonnets, not just quoted lines. Docx handles this aspect skillfully and is within his rights—he has more than a few novel insights into the heart of the sonnets themselves, their readers, and their author. This is one of those delicious books one wants to devour, one of those quirky gems one loves to find and keep. Make sure to fit this onto the pile on your nightstand. —Anniina Jokinen,
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John
Donne's 'Desire of More' : The Subject of Anne More Donne in His Poetry by M. Thomas Hester (Editor) Published by Univ of Delaware Press, January 1997 US $39.50 "This volume is composed of thirteen essays by an international group of acclaimed Renaissance scholars on the presence of Anne More Donne in the poetry of her husband." --Card catalog Synopsis and Table of Contents Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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John
Donne and the Ancient Catholic Nobility by Dennis Flynn Published by Indiana Univ Press, Dec 1995 US $35.00 "In the first of what Flynn plans to be a five-volume collaborative biography of Donne, Flynn argues that the standard biographies have systematically under- estimated Donne's connections to the powerful Catholic elites of England and their traditions of dissent, martyrdom and exile." —Elizabeth Hodgson Review by Elizabeth Hodgson. |
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So
Doth, So Is Religion : John Donne and Diplomatic Contexts in the
Reformed Netherlands, 1619-1920 by Paul R. Sellin Univ of Missouri Press, August 1988 US $37.50 "Besides the fascinating and intricate account of the events and movements of the English mission to the Low Countries in 1619, Sellin's book makes a valuable contribution to rethinking the premises of Donne's faith. . . . An excellent bibliography and extensive notes and appendices alone make available new information and sources." --American Association for Netherlandic Studies Newsletter Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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John
Donne's Poetry : Authoritative Texts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions) by John Donne, Arthur L. Clements (Editor) Published by W W Norton & Co, November 1991 US $12.80 "The text of all the poems is again that of the first seventeenth-century edition in which each poem appeared or, in the case of one Elegy and three Holy Sonnets, the Westmoreland manuscript. All of the poems are glossed and annotated for the student reader. "Criticism" includes seven essays which are new to this edition, as well as a new subsection, Satires, Verse Letters, and Anniversaries." (Norton Website) Visit the Norton web site for this book Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne by John Donne, Charles M. Coffin (Editor) Modern Library, July 1,1994 US $14.00 A reliable hardcover edition of Donne's poetry with the added bonus of selected prose. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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Complete
English Poems by John Donne, Robin Hamilton (Editor), C. A. Patrides (Editor) US $7.60 Everyman Paperback Classics, August 1977 "This authoritative and comprehensive text is based on the early editions of 1633; detailed notes define unfamiliar words, obscure references and grammatical complexities, reporting the most important variant readings." —Amazon.com. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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John
Donne (Oxford Authors) by John Donne, John Carey (Editor) Published by Oxford Univ Press, December 1990 US $22.00 "This is a more comprehensive selection of Donne's works than any previously published. It contains, in addition to the poems, excerpts from all the prose writings, among them relatively unfamiliar items such as Donne's private letters, his comic onslaught on the Jesuits Ignatius His Conclave, and his defence of suicide Biathanatos. Over 130 excerpts from the sermons are drawn from all 16 years of Donne's preaching career, culminating in the full text of his last sermon, Death's Duel." —OUP Catalog Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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Selected
Poetry by John Donne, John Carey (Editor) Published by Oxford Univ Press, November 1,1996 US $8.95 + $0.85 "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 Holy Sonnets. John Carey's introduction and extensive notes provide valuable insights into Donne's poetic genius." (Card Catalog) Synopsis and Table of Contents |
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John
Donne : Selected Poems (Bloomsbury Poetry Classics) by John Donne Published by St Martins Press, January 1995 US $7.46 A representative selection of Donne's poems. |
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John
Donne (Everyman's Poetry Library) by John Donne, Dennis Enright US $2.98 Everymans Library, October 1997 Representative collection of poetry with notes and critiques. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Love Poems of John Donne by Charles Fowkes (Editor), John Donne US $6.97 1st edition St Martins Press, September 1988 A selection of the essential love poems. |
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John
Donne : A Selection of His Poetry by John Hayward, John Donne US $8.46 Paperback Reissue edition Penguin Books, February 1986 This collection of Donne's poems includes "Songs and Sonets", "Elegies", "Ephithalamions", "Satyre", "Verse Letters" and "Epicedes". Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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Religious
Poetry and Prose by John Donne, Henry L., Jr. Carrigan (Editor) US $11.01 Paperback Paraclete Press; September 1999 "[A] brief anthology of Donne's more familiar religious poems and a smattering of the religious prose of the man who was said to have been the best homilist of his time." —Library Journal. Book reviews and an excerpt Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne: The Anniversaries and the Epicedes and Obsequies Volume 6 by John Donne, Gary A. Stringer (Editor) Indiana Univ Press, February 1995 US $49.95 "An ambitious editorial and interpretive project, this edition of Donne's poetry includes a newly edited critical text based on the study of all known manuscripts and significant printed editions and a complete digest of critical and scholarly com- mentary on the poetry from Donne's time to the present." —Book News, Inc. Review by Claude J. Summers Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Miscella- neous Poems, Volume 8. by John Donne, Gary A. Stringer (General Editor) Indiana Univ Press, December 1995 US $39.95 "Based on a study of all known manuscript sources and significant printed editions of Donne's poetry and on an examination of the criticism and scholarship of the past four centuries, this edition presents a newly edited critical text of Donne's poems and a comprehensive variorum commentary." —IUP Catalog Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Influence of John Donne : His Uncollected Seventeenth-Century Printed Verse by Ernest W. Sullivan II Univ of Missouri Press, May 1993 US $39.95 "By examining Donne's (1572-1631) published poems that were not included in the seven editions of his col- lected verse, shows that his influence began earlier, lasted longer, and affected a wider audience than has been thought by critics and literary historians." (Book News, Inc.) "This will be one of the most important contributions to Donne studies of this century." --William Proctor Williams Synopsis and Table of Contents Review by Harold Love, Monash University |
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
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Devotions
Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel : With the Life of Dr. John Donne by John Donne, Izaak Walton, Andrew Motion (Preface) US $10.36 Paperback Vintage Books; September 1, 1999 "Meditations and a sermon by one of England's most celebrated writers. Also included in this volume is Deaths Duel, a sermon that Donne, plagued with what was probably gastric cancer, wrote shortly before his own death, and Isaak Walton's 1640 biographical sketch of Donne." —Kirkus Reviews. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
Pseudo-Martyr
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Pseudo-Martyr by John Donne, Anthony Raspa (Editor) US $65.00 McGill Queen's Univ Press, August 1993 "The 1610 Pseudo-Martyr, Donne's first pub- lished text, attempts to persuade English Catholics that they can take James I's Oath of Allegiance and still remain spiritually loyal to Rome. Raspa's is the first modern edition of the text, and for this all Donne scholars and students of the religious politics of Stuart Eng- land should be profoundly grateful." (Elizabeth Hodgson) Review by Elizabeth Hodgson. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
Sermons
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John
Donne's Sermons on the Psalms and Gospels by John Donne, Evelyn M. Simpson (Editor) Univ California Press, December 1963 US $15.95 A good selection of Donne's sermons with a valuable introductory note. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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Donne's 1622 Gunpowder Plot Sermon : A Parallel-Text Edition by John Donne, Jeanne Shami (Editor) Duquesne Univ Pr, December 1996 US $21.50 "[Shami] deserves recognition for discovering MS Royal 17.B.XX and praise for editing it so meticulously. By bringing this document before readers' eyes, she has opened up many new areas for future investigation." —Milton Quarterly. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
Bibliographical
John Donne; An Annotated Bibliography
of Modern Criticism, 1912-1967
(University of Missouri Studies; V. 60)
by John Richard Roberts
Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1973
US $37.50
"In addition to its being a useful tool for the Donne
scholar and student, the book offers a fascinating
record of Donne criticism since 1912."
--Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America
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John Donne : An Annotated Bibliography
of Modern Criticism 1968-1978
by John Roberts
Univ of Missouri Pr, December 1982
US $44.00
"The annotations are, if anything, more insightful and more
just than earlier ones; to read them is an education in itself
and leaves one in awe of an art which is even more difficult
than the bibliographer's. In connection with this essential
research tool of a bibliography, all we can say is: "John
Donne, Annotated Donne, Well Done!"
--Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance
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John
Donne : The Poems (Analysing Texts) by Joe Nutt US $19.95 Paperback St Martins Pr (Short); November 1999 This book guides the student or beginning poetry reader through analysing techniques, analysing in detail the whole range of Donne's poetry. Contains a large number of complete Donne poems, as well as a section on Donne criticism covering all the key commentators on Donne in the past, and three contemporary critics: Carey, Stachniewski and Davies. This is a book no student of Donne, or of poetry, should be without. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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Donne's Articulations of the Feminine (Oxford English Monographs) by H. L. Meakin US $65.00 Hardcover Clarendon Pr; December 1998 "Using the cultural criticism of French feminist philosopher Luce Irigaray, Meakin explores works throughout Donne's career, from his earliest verse letters to sermons preached while Divinity Reader at Lincoln's Inn and Dean of St. Paul's in London." —The Publisher. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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The
Light of Glory : Readings from John Donne for Lent and Easter Week by John Donne, Christopher L. Webber (Editor) Morehouse Publishing Company, January 1998 US $8.46 "For each day of Lent, and Sundays in Lent as well, a passage is provided from the writings of John Donne. On Sundays, one of the "Holy Sonnets" is given, along with a brief prayer. This modern rendering of language almost 400 years old joins the wisdom of Donne's writing with sensitivity to contemporary ideas." —Amazon.com. Read the Reviews Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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John
Donne by Stevie Davies Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1996 US $15.00 "This study covers the full range of Donne's poetry, from the early Satires and Elegies to the Songs and Sonets and Divine Poems, and includes analysis of parts of his memorable Sermons.... [H]er exploration of the cultural, religious, and political circumstances which conditioned the poet's mind give bearings for study of his turbulent, brilliant intelligence." —Transatlantic Pub Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
John Donne, Undone
by Thomas Docherty
Published by Routledge, June 1987
PaperbackUS $22.95
Hardcover US $49.95
A deconstructionist reading of Donne's works.
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John
Donne and the Seventeenth- Century Metaphysical Poets (Modern Critical Views) by Harold Bloom (Editor), William Golding US $34.95 Chelsea House Publications, Jan 1990 A wonderful book covering criticism not only on Donne, but also his peers. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
The Poetry of John Donne : A Study in Explication
by Doniphan Louthan
Published by Greenwood Pub Group, June 1976
US $49.75
"An evaluation of Donne's work through analyses of
Donne's major poems and close textual readings of
a number of shorter poems and passages."
--The Publisher
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The
First and Second Dalhousie Manuscripts by John Donne, Ernest W. Sullivan (Editor) US $45.00 Hardcover Facsimile Edition Univ of Missouri Press, September 1988 "An example of current American bibliography at its best, compiled by one of our foremost authorities in this field. In addition, Sullivan . . . has provided a meticulous transcription of [the Dalhousie Manuscripts] together with an introduction describing them and narrating their history so far as it is known." -- South Central Review Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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John
Donne and Twentieth Century Criticism by Deborah Aldrich Larson Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr, January 1990 US $36.50 A collection of 20th century criticism. |
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Praying
with John Donne & George Herbert Abingdon Press (Editor) Abingdon Press, September 1994 US $7.95 + $1.35 A selection of prayers from Donne and Herbert, with a critical introduction. Order it from Amazon.co.uk |
The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry
by T. S. Eliot, Ronald Schuchard (Editor)
Published by Harcourt Brace, May 1,1994
US $29.95
"For the first time ever, the eight Clark Lectures on
metaphysical poetry that Eliot delivered at Trinity
College in Cambridge in 1926, and their revision
and extension for his three Turnbull Lectures at
The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1933,
are now being published in an annotated edition."
--Card Catalog
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