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On Irish Themes (Hardcover)
James T. Farrell; Edited by Dennis Flynn; Contributions by William V. Shannon
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This is a complete facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters
of John Donne that are among the greatest treasures of the Folger
Library. The letters, dating from February and March 1602, relate
to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to
his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the
lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. The text of a letter
provides one part of the story, while its very tangibility -- the
ancient folds, the grime and fingerprints deposited by the writer,
deliverer, and readers, the broken seals, the ink blots, the
idosyncratic spelling, the location of a signature -- tells
another. An understanding of a letter's written and unwritten
social signals brings into focus a fuller, grittier, and a clearer
view of life in 17th century England. M. Thomas Hester is professor
of English at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Robert
Parker Sorlien is professor emeritus of English at the University
of Rhode Island. Dennis Flynn is professor of English at Bentley
College, Waltham, Massachusetts. John Donne's Marriage Letters was
recognized in the AIGA "50 books/50 Covers" competition as one of
100 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in
2005.
The Oxford Handbook of John Donne presents scholars with the
history of Donne studies and provides tools to orient scholarship
in this field in the twenty-first century and beyond. Though
profoundly historical in its orientation, the Handbook is not a
summary of existing knowledge but a resource that reveals patterns
of literary and historical attention and the new directions that
these patterns enable or obstruct.
Part I -- Research resources in Donne Studies and why they they
matter -- emphasizes the heuristic and practical orientation of the
Handbook, examining prevailing assumptions and reviewing the
specialized scholarly tools available. This section provides a
brief evaluation and description of the scholarly strengths,
shortcomings, and significance of each resource, focusing on a
balanced evaluation of the opportunities and the hazards each
offers.
Part II -- Donne's genres -- begins with an introduction that
explores the significance and differentiation of the numerous
genres in which Donne wrote, including discussion of the problems
posed by his overlapping and bending of genres. Essays trace the
conventions and histories of the genres concered and study the ways
in which Donne's works confirm how and why his "fresh invention"
illustrates his responses to the literary and non-literary contexts
of their composition.
Part III -- Biographical and historical contexts -- creates
perspective on what is known about Donne's life; shows how his life
and writings epitomized and affected important controversial issues
of his day; and brings to bear on Donne studies some of the most
stimulating and creative ideas developed in recent decades by
historians of early modern England.
Part IV -- Problems of literary interpretation that have been
traditionally and generally important in Donne Studies --
introduces students and researchers to major critical debates
affecting the reception of Donne from the 17th through to the 21st
centuries.
Essays exploring different facets of the life and influence of
Edmund Campion, the sixteenth-century Jesuit and martyr. This
volume forms the first modern study of Edmund Campion, the Jesuit
priest executed at Tyburn in 1581, and through him focuses on a
theme that has been attracting growing interest among
sixteenth-century historians: the passagefrom a Catholic to an
Anglican England, and the resistance to this move. The essays
collected here investigate the historical context of Campion's
mission; different aspects of his writing and work; the network of
colleagues withwhom he was in contact; his relationship with
contemporaries such as Sir Philip Sidney; the effect of his English
mission; and the legacy he left. THOMAS M. MCCOOG, S.J. is the
Archivist of the British province of theSociety of Jesus and a
member of the Jesuit Historical Institute at Rome. Contributors:
FRANCISCO DE BORJA MEDINA, JOHN BOSSY, NANCY POLLARD BROWN,
KATHERINE DUNCAN-JONES, DENNIS FLYNN, VICTOR HOULISTON, JOHN J.
LAROCCA, COLM LENNON, DAVID LOADES, JAMES MCCONICA, THOMAS M.
MCCOOG, THOMAS MAYER, MICHAEL QUESTIER, ALISON SHELL, MICHAEL E.
WILLIAMS
The Oxford Handbook of John Donne presents scholars with the
history of Donne studies and provides tools to orient scholarship
in this field in the twenty-first century and beyond. Though
profoundly historical in its orientation, the Handbook is not a
summary of existing knowledge but a resource that reveals patterns
of literary and historical attention and the new directions that
these patterns enable or obstruct. Part I - Research resources in
Donne Studies and why they they matter - emphasizes the heuristic
and practical orientation of the Handbook, examining prevailing
assumptions and reviewing the specialized scholarly tools
available. This section provides a brief evaluation and description
of the scholarly strengths, shortcomings, and significance of each
resource, focusing on a balanced evaluation of the opportunities
and the hazards each offers. Part II- - Donne's genres - begins
with an introduction that explores the significance and
differentiation of the numerous genres in which Donne wrote,
including discussion of the problems posed by his overlapping and
bending of genres. Essays trace the conventions and histories of
the genres concered and study the ways in which Donne's works
confirm how and why his 'fresh invention' illustrates his responses
to the literary and non-literary contexts of their composition.
Part III - Biographical and historical contexts- - creates
perspective on what is known about Donne's life; shows how his life
and writings epitomized and affected important controversial issues
of his day; and brings to bear on Donne studies some of the most
stimulating and creative ideas developed in recent decades by
historians of early modern England. Part IV- - Problems of literary
interpretation that have been traditionally and generally important
in Donne Studies- - introduces students and researchers to major
critical debates affecting the reception of Donne from the 17th
through to the 21st centuries. Contents List
Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and printed
editions in which these poems have appeared, the fifth volume in
the series of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne
presents newly edited critical texts of the five canonical satires
and "Metempsychosis" and details the genealogical history of each
accompanied by a thorough prose discussion. The analysis contained
in the volume shows that Donne revised each of the poems and
explains how readings from the competing versions were intermingled
in the early editions and transmitted to subsequent generations.
The volume also presents a comprehensive organized digest of the
critical-scholarly commentary on these poems from Donne s time
through 2001."
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