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Though Christians the world over make yearly preparations for Lent,
there s a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great
spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period
leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers
reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the
season. Ecumenical in scope, these fifty devotions invite the
reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the
significance that the coming of Jesus has for each of us not only
during Advent, but every day. Whether dipped into at leisure or
used on a daily basis, Watch for the Light gives the phrase holiday
preparations new depth and meaning. Includes writings by Christoph
Friedrich Blumhardt, Sylvia Plath, J. B. Phillips, Friedrich
Wilhelm Foerster, Henri Nouwen, Bernard of Clairvaux, Kathleen
Norris, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Karl Rahner, Isaac
Penington, Madeleine L Engle, Alfred Delp, Loretta Ross-Gotta,
William Stringfellow, J. Heinrich Arnold, Edith Stein, Philip
Britts, Jane Kenyon, John Howard Yoder, Emmy Arnold, Karl Barth,
Oscar Romero, William Willimon, Johann Christoph Arnold, Gail
Godwin, Leonardo Boff, G. M. Hopkins, Evelyn Underhill, Dorothy
Day, Brennan Manning, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Romano Guardini, Annie
Dillard, Martin Luther, St. John Chrysostom, Giovanni Papini,
Dorothee Soelle, C. S. Lewis, Gustavo Gutierrez, Philip Yancey, J.
T. Clement, Thomas Merton, Eberhard Arnold, Ernesto Cardenal, T. S.
Eliot, John Donne, Gian Carlo Menotti and Jurgen Moltmann."
This tenth, and final, volume in the series of The Variorum Edition
of the Poetry of John Donne presents newly edited critical texts of
32 love lyrics. Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and
printed editions in which these poems have appeared, Volume 4.3
details the genealogical history of each poem, accompanied by a
thorough prose discussion. The volume also presents a comprehensive
digest of the commentary on these Songs and Sonets from Donne's
time through 1999. Arranged chronologically within sections, the
material for each poem is organized under various headings that
complement the volume's companions, Volume 4.1 and Volume 4.2.
This volume, the ninth in the series of The Variorum Edition of the
Poetry of John Donne, presents newly edited critical texts of 25
love lyrics. Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and
printed editions in which these poems have appeared, Volume 4.2
details the genealogical history of each poem, accompanied by a
thorough prose discussion, as well as a General Textual
Introduction of the Songs and Sonets collectively. The volume also
presents a comprehensive digest of the commentary on these Songs
and Sonets from Donne's time through 1999. Arranged chronologically
within sections, the material for each poem is organized under
various headings that complement the volume's companions, Volume
4.1 and Volume 4.3.
The texts reprinted in this new Norton Critical Edition have been
scrupulously edited and are from the Westmoreland manuscript where
possible, collated against the most important families of Donne
manuscripts-the Cambridge Belam, the Dublin Trinity, and the
O'Flahertie-and compared with all seven seventeenth-century printed
editions of the poems as well as all major twentieth-century
editions. "Criticism" is divided into four sections and represents
the best criticism and interpretation of Donne's writing: "Donne
and Metaphysical Poetry" includes seven seventeenth-century views
by contemporaries of Donne such as Ben Jonson, Thomas Carew, and
John Dryden, among others; "Satires, Elegies, and Verse Letters"
includes seven selections that offer social and literary context
for and insights into Donne's frequently overlooked early poems;
"Songs and Sonnets" features six analyses of Donne's love poetry;
and "Holy Sonnets/Divine Poems" explores Donne's struggles as a
Christian through four authoritative essays. A Chronology of
Donne's life and work, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of
Titles and First Lines are also included.
John Donne (1572-1631) forfeited his Parliamentary seat and was
briefly imprisoned when his secret marriage to Ann More was
uncovered in 1601. He spent the subsequent decade in poverty,
trying to rehabilitate his reputation. He entered the Church in
1615, and become Dean of St Paul's. His first volume of poetry was
published posthumously in 1633. In this series, a contemporary poet
selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems
and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their
prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as
providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the
greatest poets of our literature.
Showcasing the creative power of one of the most outstanding
English Metaphysical Poets, the Penguin Classics edition of John
Donne's Selected Poems includes an introduction and notes by Ilona
Bell. Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets,
John Donne was also among the most intriguing figures of the
Renaissance. A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love
poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became one
of the most admired Protestant preachers of his time. The Selected
Poems reflects this wide diversity, and includes his youthful Songs
and Sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, and the
profoundly moving Divine Poems composed towards the end of his
life. From joyful poems such as 'The Flea', which transforms the
image of a louse into something marvellous, to the intimate and
intense Holy Sonnets, Donne breathed new vigour into poetry by
drawing lucid and often startling metaphors from the world in which
he lived. His poems remain among the most passionate, profound and
spiritual in the English language. Ilona Bell's introduction
considers Donne's life, faith and influence. This edition also
includes detailed notes and a further reading list. John Donne
(1572-1631) was born into a family of devout Catholics. He studied
at Oxford University, travelled on the continent, and then studied
law at Lincoln's Inn. In the early 1600s Donne became a Member of
Parliament and Justice of the Peace, obtaining temporary positions
and patronage from a number of aristocrats who are the subjects of
his poems. He was ordained as an Anglican minister in 1615, and in
1621 was made Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, a position he held
until his death. If you enjoyed Donne's Selected Poems, you might
enjoy John Milton's Paradise Lost, also available in Penguin
Classics.
Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and printed
editions in which these poems have appeared, the eighth in the
series of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne presents
newly edited critical texts of thirteen Divine Poems and details
the genealogical history of each poem, accompanied by a thorough
prose discussion. Arranged chronologically within sections, the
material is organized under the following headings: Dates and
Circumstances; General Commentary; Genre; Language, Versification,
and Style; the Poet/Persona; and Themes. The volume also offers a
comprehensive digest of general and topical commentary on the
Divine Poems from Donne's time through 2012.
The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to the Countess of Bedford, The First Anniversary, Holy Sonnets, Divine Poems, excerpts from Paradoxes and Problems, Ignatius His Conclave, The Sermons, Essays and Devotions, and an index of first lines.
In addition to the writer's 1624 collection of meditations, debates
with God, and prayers on the human condition-particularly earthly
physical sickness and health-this volume contains the 1631 work
"Death's Duel," a sermon said to be his own funeral oration, which
he preached shortly before his own death. Readers of 17th-century
literature, religious devotionals, and ponderers of human mortality
are sure to find something profound in this fascinating, famous
work. British metaphysical poet JOHN DONNE (1572-1631), renowned
for his satires on English society, wrote this prose work in the
latter part of his life, after he became an Anglican priest.
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."
This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed
Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank
Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Donne's poetry
and prose - all the major poems, complemented by rarely published
letters and extracts from Donne's sermons - to give the essence of
his work and thinking. John Donne (1572-1631) is today celebrated
as one of the greatest of the metaphysical poets, whose verse was
daringly original and whose use of imagery and conceits marked a
new, intellectual approach to poetry. His Satires, Elegies, and
Songs and Sonnets, which contain his most famous love poems, were
complemented by his religious writing, both verse and prose. He was
one of the most renowned preachers of his day, and this volume does
equal justice to the full range of his work. In addition to nearly
all his English poetry this volume includes over 130 extracts from
Donne's sermons, as well as the full text of his last sermon,
'Death's Duel'. A distinguishing feature of the selection is that
the works are arranged in the chronological order of their
composition. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Whether sharing his anxieties about his writing, consoling bereaved
friends, complaining about the meanness of a patron or defending
himself against malicious gossip, John Donne reveals himself in his
letters with a directness that can be found nowhere else in his
writings. These letters corroborate the impression created by his
better-known writings that he was one of the most remarkable
figures produced by the English Renaissance and that he possessed
an extraordinarily subtle and creative intelligence.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1956.
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