The Songs and Sonets of John Donne
The Songs and Sonets of John Donne

Author: John Donne

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780674032477

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There may be no finer edition of Donne's Songs and Sonets than Redpath's annotated volume. Out of print for a decade, it is reprinted here in its second, revised edition. The book's twofold origin is evident on every page of commentary: it arises partly from a life of scholarship and partly from Redpath's experiences as a teacher.

Songs and Sonnets
Songs and Sonnets

Author: John Donne

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9781514194539

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"Songs and Sonnets" from John Donne. English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England (1572-1631).

Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets
Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets

Author: Various

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-11-19

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13:

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In 'Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets', Various authors have brought together a collection of witty and light-hearted songs and sonnets that provide a glimpse into the literary entertainment of the 17th century. The book showcases a variety of themes such as love, nature, and humor, presented in a charming literary style that was popular during that time period. Each piece offers a unique insight into the culture and society of the era, making it a valuable read for those interested in historical literature. The playful language and clever wordplay make this collection a delightful discovery for lovers of poetry and satire. The various authors of 'Choyce Drollery' have curated an anthology that reflects the diverse voices and talents of the literary community of the time. With contributions from multiple writers, this book exemplifies the collaborative nature of early modern English literature, showcasing a range of styles and perspectives. The authors' wit and creativity shine through in each piece, making 'Choyce Drollery' a testament to the rich literary tradition of the period. I highly recommend 'Choyce Drollery: Songs and Sonnets' to readers who appreciate the art of wit and poetry. This anthology offers a delightful blend of entertainment and cultural insight, making it a captivating read for anyone interested in exploring the vibrant world of 17th-century English literature.

The Dream Songs
The Dream Songs

Author: John Berryman

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1466879637

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The complete Dream Songs--hypnotic, seductive, masterful--as thrilling to read now as they ever were John Berryman's The Dream Songs are perhaps the funniest, saddest, most intricately wrought cycle of oems by an American in the twentieth century. They are also, more simply, the vibrantly sketched adventures of a uniquely American antihero named Henry. Henry falls in and out of love, and is in and out of the hospital; he sings of joy and desire, and of beings at odds with the world. He is lustful; he is depressed. And while Henry is breaking down and cracking up and patching himself together again, Berryman is doing the same thing to the English language, crafting electric verses that defy grammar but resound with an intuitive truth: "if he had a hundred years," Henry despairs in "Dream Song 29," "& more, & weeping, sleepless, in all them time / Henry could not make good." This volume collects both 77 Dream Songs, which won Berryman the Pulitzer Prize in 1965, and their continuation, His Toy, His Dream, His Rest, which was awarded the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize in 1969. The Dream Songs are witty and wild, an account of madness shot through with searing insight, winking word play, and moments of pure, soaring elation. This is a brilliantly sustained and profoundly moving performance that has not yet-and may never be-equaled.

The Arrow of Love
The Arrow of Love

Author: Dana E. Stewart

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780838754801

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In particular, optical imagery and paradigms afforded poets a new approach to the roles of the languishing male and his powerful beloved."--Jacket.

The Unimagined in the English Renaissance
The Unimagined in the English Renaissance

Author: Andrew Mattison

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 161147597X

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When we read poetry, we tend to believe that we are getting a glimpse of the interior of the poet's mind--pictures from the poet's imagination relayed through the representative power of language. But poets themselves sometimes express doubt (usually indirectly) that poetic language has the capability or the purpose of revealing these images. This book examines description in Renaissance poetry, aiming to reveal its complexity and variability, its distinctiveness from prose description, and what it can tell us about Renaissance ways of thinking about the visible world and the poetic mind. Recent criticism has tended to address representation as a product of culture; The Unimagined in the English Renaissance argues to the contrary that attention to description as a literary phenomenon can complicate its cultural context by recognizing the persistent problems of genre and literary history. The book focuses on Sidney, Spenser, Donne, and Milton, who had very different aims as poets but shared a degree of skepticism about imagistic representation. For these poets, description can obscure as much as it makes visible, and can create whole categories of existence that are outside of visibility altogether.