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."

The Blooms Coloring Book includes a range of simple to complex patterns with a central theme of garden flowers. The hand drawn flowers, buds and leaves are rendered as stand alone subjects and a joy to color and enhance. Beautifully illustrated, this book is printed on one side only to avoid bleed through.

The Floral Mandalas Coloring Book includes a range of simple to complex patterns with a central theme of garden flowers. The hand drawn flowers, buds and leaves are collaged for pattern and repetition which is the hallmark of mandala design. Beautifully illustrated, this book is printed on one side only to avoid bleedthrough.

Praise for previous volumes:
"This variorum edition will bethe basis of all future Donne scholarship." -- Chronique

Thisis the 4th volume of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne to appear.This volume presents a newly edited critical text of the Holy Sonnets and acomprehensive digest of the critical-scholarly commentary on them from Donne's timethrough 1995. The editors identify and print both an earlier and a revised authorialsequence of sonnets, as well as presenting the scribal collection -- which containsunique authorial versions of several of the sonnets -- inscribed by Donne's friendRowland Woodward in the Westmoreland manuscript.

This book presents a comprehensive digest of general and topical commentary on John Donne's Songs and Sonets from the early 17th century through 1999. Arranged chronologically within sections, the material in the present volume is organized under the following chapter headings: General Commentary; Autobiography and Persona; Critical Reception; Dating, Publication History, and Manuscript Tradition; Donne's Originality: Praise and Blame; Dramatic Elements; T. S. Eliot; Imagery; Language and Rhetoric; Love and Sexual Imagery; Mannerism and Baroque; Medievalism; Paradox; Petrarchism; Platonism; Psychological Analysis; Religion; Science and the New Learning; Versification; Wit and Metaphysical Conceit; Women. This book was begun under the direction of Albert C. Labriola, who served as the Volume Commentary Editor until his death in March 2009. Completed by his students and colleagues with the Variorum project, the volume is dedicated to Professor Labriola's memory.