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The Metaphysical poets / David Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, David, 1940-
- Series:
- Longman medieval and Renaissance library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Metaphysics in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 293 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2000.
- Summary:
- This work provides and introduction to the work of six poets: Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Marvell and Traherne. By closely examining how the poems work, this book aims to help readers enjoy and critically appreciate the ways in which fantastic and elaborate styles may express private intensities. There is emphasis on the differences covered by the term 'Metaphysical' and on the rich and strange diversity of the poets inner lives. A discussion of each poet is preceded by a 'Life' section in which the biological facts, personal, cultural and political, are treated with a view toward illuminating the concerns of the poet.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 John Donne 13
- Life 13
- Some general characteristics of Donne's poetry 29
- Satires and moral verse 39
- Love poems 50
- Dating 50
- The Elegies 53
- 'Air and Angels' 57
- Songs and Sonnets 63
- Religious verse 74
- The Verse Epistles and Anniversaries 75
- Holy Sonnets and Hymns 82
- Chapter 2 George Herbert 91
- Life 91
- The plan of The Temple 100
- Johnson on devotional poetry 103
- Herbert on devotional poetry 105
- Herbert's relation to himself and to God 112
- Life and death 128
- Herbert as Metaphysical 130
- Chapter 3 Richard Crashaw 137
- Life 137
- Crashaw's poetry 142
- Crashaw as Metaphysical 164
- Chapter 4 Henry Vaughan 167
- Life 167
- Vaughan's politics 169
- Vaughan as poet of retreat 175
- Vaughan as nature poet 188
- Vaughan as Metaphysical 193
- Chapter 5 Andrew Marvell 195
- Life 195
- Marvell's poetry 204
- 'An Horatian Ode' 204
- The quality of green 210
- Two love poems 224
- Marvell as Metaphysical 227
- Chapter 6 Thomas Traherne 232
- Life 232
- Traherne's poetry of deprivation 236
- The poetry of transcendence 242
- Traherne as Metaphysical 253
- Other forms of seventeenth-century wit 259
- Metaphysical and Augustan 268.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0582298342
- 0582298350
- OCLC:
- 43227333
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