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The Complete English Poems Penguin Classics

by [Donne, John]

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'The first poet in the world in some things', is how John Donne was described by his contemporary Ben Jonson.

Yet it is only this century that Donne has been indisputably established as a great poet - and even, many feel, the greatest love poet of them all. Jonson went on to remark that 'That Done, for not keeping of an accent, deserved hanging', yet Donne's rhythms, once thought 'unmusical' are now recognized as the natural rhythms of the speaking voice; his 'eccentricity' as a complex selfdoubt; his 'obscurity' the reflection of a brilliantly learned and allusive mind. Poets such as Eliot and Empson have found Donne's poetry profoundly attuned to our modern age, while Yeats' glowing comment will always be true: 'the intricacy and subtlety of his imagination are the length and depth of the furrow made by his passion.'

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Product Details

  • Penguin Classics Brand
  • Aug 25, 1977 Pub Date:
  • 9780140422092 ISBN-13:
  • 0140422099 ISBN-10:
  • 688.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 7.8 in * 1.18 in * 5.1 in Dimensions:
  • 2 lb Weight: