The Variorum edition of the poetry of John Donne. / Volume 7, part 1, The holy sonnets

Praise For Previous Volumes: This Variorum Edition Will Be The Basis Of All Future Donne Scholarship. -- Chronique 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. 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 This volume, the fourth to appear in The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, 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 sonnets--inscribed by Donne's friend Rowland Woodward in the Westmoreland manuscript Presents an edited text of the Holy Sonnets and a digest of the commentary on them from Donne's time through 1995. This book identifies and prints both an earlier and a revised authorial sequence of sonnets, as well as presenting the scribal collection.