1st Edition
The Monarch of Wit An Analytical and Comparative Study of the Poetry of John Donne
By J. B. Leishman
Copyright 1951
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1951, The Monarch of Wit presents John Donne’s poetry in its proper context. The chief purpose of the book is to enable the reader to approach Donne’s poetry without preconceptions of what ‘metaphysical’ poetry is or ought to be. Some of the questions which the author constantly has in mind are these: What are the main resemblances and differences, on the one hand, between... Read more
Preface 1. Donne and Seventeenth-Century Poetry 2. Donne the Man 3. Epigrams, Elegies, Satires, Verse Letters 4. The Songs and Sonets 5. The Divine Poems Table of Donne’s Poems Quoted or Discussed Index
Biography
J.B. Leishman
