The Holy Sonnets (The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne 7-1)

Praise for previous volumes: "This variorum edition will be the basis of all future Donne scholarship." -ChroniqueThis is 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 a comprehensive digest of the critical-scholarly commentary on them from Donne's time through 1995. The editors identify and print both an earlier and a revised authorial sequence of sonnets, as well as presenting the scribal collection-which contains unique authorial versions of several of the sonnets--inscribed by Donne's friend Rowland Woodward in the Westmoreland manuscript. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Short Forms of Reference for Donne's Works......Page 13 Abbreviations Used in the Commentary......Page 20 Sigla for Textual Sources......Page 27 Manuscripts Listed by Traditional Classification......Page 38 Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Textual Apparatus......Page 39 General Introduction......Page 40 General Textual Introduction......Page 55 The Critical Tradition......Page 98 Texts and Apparatuses......Page 104 The Holy Sonnets......Page 106 2. [As due by many titles] HSDue......Page 108 4. [Father, part of his double Interest] HSPart......Page 109 6. [This is my Playes last scene,] HSScene......Page 110 8. [At the round Earths Imagin'd corners] HSRound......Page 111 10. [Yf Faithfull Soules] HSSouls......Page 112 12. [Wilt thou loue God,] HSWilt......Page 113 2. [As due by many titles] HSDue......Page 114 4. [Father, part of his double interest] HSPart......Page 115 6. [This is my Playes last Scene,] HSScene......Page 116 8. [At the round Earths imagind corners] HSRound......Page 117 10. [If faythfull Soules] HSSouls......Page 118 12. [Wilt thou love God,] HSWilt......Page 119 14. [Why ame I by all Creatures] HSWhy......Page 120 16. [Batter my hart,] HSBatter......Page 121 18. [Show me deare Christ,] HSShow......Page 122 19. [Oh, to vex me,] HSVex......Page 123 2. {Oh my black Soule,} HSBlack......Page 124 4. [At the round Earths imagin'd corners] HSRound......Page 125 6. [Death bee not proude,] HSDeath......Page 126 8. [Why are wee by all Creatures] HSWhy......Page 127 10. [Batter my heart,[ HSBatter......Page 128 12. [Father, part of his double interest] HSPart......Page 129 Lists of Copy - Texts and Emendations for the Three Sequences......Page 130 HSBatter......Page 134 HSBlack......Page 138 HSDeath......Page 142 HSDue......Page 146 HSLittle......Page 150 HSMade......Page 153 HSMin......Page 157 HSPart......Page 161 HSRound......Page 165 HSScene......Page 169 HSShe......Page 173 HSShow......Page 176 HSSighs......Page 178 HSSouls......Page 181 HSSpit......Page 185 HSVex......Page 189 HSWhat......Page 191 HSWhy......Page 195 HSWilt......Page 199 Analyses of Early Printed Copies......Page 203 Appendix 1: The 1635 Sequence......Page 205 Appendix 2: A Note on Identifying Authorial Revisions Among Manuscript Variants......Page 214 Commentary......Page 216 The Holy Sonnets......Page 218 General Commentary on the Holy Sonnets......Page 219 Dating and Order......Page 236 The Poet/Persona......Page 249 Genre and Traditions......Page 260 Language and Style......Page 271 Prosody......Page 279 Sacred and Profane......Page 281 Themes......Page 289 The Holy Sonnets and Other Works......Page 304 Commentary......Page 324 Notes and Glosses......Page 364 Commentary......Page 379 Notes and Glosses......Page 388 Commentary......Page 396 Notes and Glosses......Page 414 Commentary......Page 422 Notes and Glosses......Page 430 Commentary......Page 436 Notes and Glosses......Page 444 Commentary......Page 451 Notes and Glosses......Page 463 Commentary......Page 470 Notes and Glosses......Page 478 Commentary......Page 485 Notes and Glosses......Page 487 Commentary......Page 491 Notes and Glosses......Page 508 Commentary......Page 519 Notes and Glosses......Page 527 Commentary......Page 534 Notes and Glosses......Page 547 Commentary......Page 556 Notes and Glosses......Page 574 Commentary......Page 584 Notes and Glosses......Page 588 Commentary......Page 593 Notes and Glosses......Page 598 Commentary......Page 601 Notes and Glosses......Page 608 Commentary......Page 613 Notes and Glosses......Page 623 Commentary......Page 628 Notes and Glosses......Page 639 Commentary......Page 646 Notes and Glosses......Page 649 Commentary......Page 653 Notes and Glosses......Page 655 Works Cited......Page 658 Index of Authors Cited in the Commentary......Page 691 Index of Writers and Historical Figures Cited in the Commentary......Page 700 Index of Other Poems and Works of Donne Cited in the Commentary......Page 703 Index of Titles......Page 705 Index of First Lines......Page 707 Based On An Exhaustive Study Of The Manuscript And Print History Of Donne's Poetry, This Edition Presents Newly Edited Critical Texts Of The Poems And A Comprehensive Digest Of The Critical-scholarly Commentary On Them From Donne's Time Forward. Textual Introductions Briefly Locate The Poems In The Context Of Donne's Life Or Poetic Development, Outline The 17th-century Textual History Of The Poems, And Sketch The Treatment Of The Text By Modern Editors. A Detailed Textual Apparatus Presents Variants Collated From Many Sources And Traces The Lines Of Textual Transmission--provided By Publisher. V. 2. The Elegies -- V. 3 The Satyres -- V. 4, Pt. 1. The Songs And Sonets : General And Topical Commentary -- V. 6. The Anniversaries And The Epicedes And Obsequies -- V. 7, Pt. 1. The Holy Sonnets -- V. 8. The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions, And Miscellaneous Poems. Gary A. Stringer, General Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. "Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscript and print history of Donne's poetry, this edition presents newly edited critical texts of the poems and a comprehensive digest of the critical-scholarly commentary on them from Donne's time forward. Textual introductions briefly locate the poems in the context of Donne's life or poetic development, outline the 17th-century textual history of the poems, and sketch the treatment of the text by modern editors. A detailed textual apparatus presents variants collated from many sources and traces the lines of textual transmission"-- Provided by publisher This is 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 a comprehensive digest of the critical-scholarly commentary on them from Donne's time through 1995. The editors identify and print both an earlier and a revised authorial sequence of sonnets, as well as presenting the scribal collection--which contains unique authorial versions of several of the sonnets--inscribed by Donne's friend Rowland Woodward in the Westmoreland manuscript. --Indiana University Press