âJohn Donneâs verse and prose have had a remarkable renaissance in the twentieth century ad have been a vital influence on this centuryâs poets and prose writers. The glory of his prose at its best...
This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day,"...
It has been argued that no poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge unforgettable connections between extremes of passion and mental energy. From satire to tender elegy, from sacred devotion to lust, he conveys an aston...