John Donne / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's major poets.

Bloom's major poets : comprehensive research and study guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Donne, John.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Examinations--Study guides.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Handbooks and manuals.

Study guides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p. )

Other Title:

John Donne

John Donne : Comprehensive Research and Study Guide {Bloom's Major Poets}

Place of Publication:

Broomall, PA : Chelsea House, c1999.

Summary:

A brief profile of the poet is accompanied by excerpts from critical essays about twelve of his major poems.

Contents:

Biography of John Donne

General introduction to Songs and Sonnets

Thematic analysis of "The good morrow"

Thematic analysis of "The sunne rising"

Thematic analysis of "Song"

Critical views on "The good morrow," "Song," and "The sunne rising": Rodney Edgecomb on "The sunne rising" and King Lear

Alfred W. Satterthwaite on the seven sleepers

Misako Himuro on the seven sleepers

D.C. Allen on the history of the mandrake root

James S. Baumlin on the sun's paradoxical nature

Clay Hunt on "The sunne rising" and "The canonization"

John Carey on Donne's response to court life in "The sunne rising"

Donald L. Guss on the Renaissance theory of love

Thematic analysis of "Love's alchymie"

Thematic analysis of "The anniversarie"

Thematic analysis of "The ecstasie"

Critical views on "Love's alchymie," "The anniversarie," and "The ecstasie"

N.J.C. Andreasen on love's grim nature in "Love's alchymie"

Clay Hunt on the debate between body and soul

Arthur F. Marotti on the rejection of courtly love in "Love's alchymie"

N.J.C. Andreasen on ideal love in "The anniversarie"

Arthur F. Marotti on comic elements in "The anniversarie"

John Carey on the landscape of "The anniversarie"

Dwight Cathcart on the status of truth in "The extasie" [sic]

James S. Baumlin on the union of body and soul

Helen B. Brooks on exemplary love

Thematic analysis of "A valediction forbidding mourning"

Thematic analysis of "The canonization"

Thematic analysis of "A hymn to God the Father"

Critical views on "A valediction forbidding mourning," "The canonization," and "A hymn to God the Father": Jay Dean Divine on the symbolic importance of the compass

A.B. Chambers on glorified bodies and the "Valediction"

John Freccero on the circle of love

Allen Tate on movement in the "Valediction"

Maurine Sabine on the autobiographical aspects of "The canonization"

Dayton Haskin on biographical interpretation

Cleanth Brooks on Donne's paradoxes

Joseph E. Duncan on Donne's concept of resurrection

David J. Leigh, S.J., on Donne['s relationship with his wife

Overview of the holy sonnets

Thematic analysis of "Death be not proud"

Thematic analysis of "Batter my heart"

Critical views on "Death be no proud" and "Batter my heart": Wilbur Sanders on Donne's attempt to familiarize mystery

Frederic B. Tromly on self-destruction in "death be not proud"

Paul M. Oliver on Calvinist doctrines in "Batter my heart"

William Kerrigan on "Batter my heart."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-110) and index.

ISBN:

0-585-25285-8