John Donne in Context -

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Résumé :
Short, lively, and eminently readable chapters, written by leading experts in early modern studies, illuminate various aspects of Donne's life, work, career, and reputation. These engaging chapters are supplemented by a chronology of Donne's life and works and a comprehensive bibliography.

Sommaire:
List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Chronology Kentston Bauman; Abbreviations; Introduction Michael Schoenfeldt; 1. Donne's literary career Patrick Cheney; 2. Donne's texts and materials Piers Brown; 3. Donne and print Katherine Rundell; 4. Language Douglas Trevor; 5. Donne's poetics of obstruction Kimberly Johnson; 6. Elegies and satires Melissa E. Sanchez; 7. The unity of the Songs and Sonnets Richard Strier; 8. Divine poems David Marno; 9. Letters James Daybell; 10. Orality and performance Ilona Bell; 11. Reading and interpretation Katrin Ettenhuber; 12. Education Adrew Wallace; 13. Law Gregory Kneidel; 14. Donne's prisons Molly Murray; 15. Donne and the natural world Rebecca Bushnell; 16. Money David Landreth; 17. Sexuality Catherine Bates; 18. Donne and the passions Christopher Tilmouth; 19. Pain Joseph Campana; 20. Medicine Stephen Pender; 21. Science, alchemy, and the new philosophy Margaret Healy; 22. Donne and skepticism Anita Gilman Sherman; 23. The metaphysics of the metaphysicals Gordon Teskey; 24. Controversial prose Andrew Hadfield; 25. Devotional prose Brooke Conti; 26. The sermons Lori Anne Ferrell; 27. The self Nancy Selleck; 28. Portraits Sarah Howe; 29. Donne in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Nicholas D. Nace; 30. Donne in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries James Longenbach; 31. Donne in the twenty-first century: thinking feeling Linda Gregerson; Further reading; Index.