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The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) / Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts — John Donne

The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) / Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts

John Donne

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 1082 pages

This is the first of two volumes of a scholarly edition of John Donne's poems, edited by Herbert J. C. Grierson. It presents Donne's poetry from old editions and numerous manuscripts, with textual notes. It is worth listening for its metaphysical verse and the editor's careful presentation.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE POEMS OF JOHN DONNE
  2. PREFACE
  3. NOTE
  4. CONTENTS OF VOL. I
  5. PRINTER
  6. SONGS AND SONETS.
  7. EPIGRAMS.
  8. ELEGIES.
  9. EPITHALAMIONS,
  10. SATYRES.
  11. LETTERS TO SEVERALL PERSONAGES.
  12. AN ANATOMIE OF THE WORLD.
  13. OF THE PROGRESSE OF THE SOULE.
  14. OF THE PROGRESSE OF THE SOULE.
  15. EPICEDES AND OBSEQVIES Vpon The deaths of sundry Personages.
  16. EPITAPHS. EPITAPH ON HIMSELFE.
  17. INFINITATI SACRUM, 16. Augusti 1601. METEMPSYCHOSIS.
  18. THE PROGRESSE OF THE SOULE.
  19. DIVINE POEMS.
  20. HOLY SONNETS.
  21. THE LITANIE.
  22. ELEGIES UPON THE AUTHOR
  23. APPENDIX A. LATIN POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
  24. APPENDIX B. POEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN DONNE IN THE OLD EDITIONS AND THE PRINCIPAL MS. COLLECTIONS, ARRANG
  25. APPENDIX C. A SELECTION OF POEMS WHICH FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANY POEMS BY JOHN DONNE IN MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OR HAVE BEEN A
  26. INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
  27. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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