The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 4.1

John Donne, edited by Gary A. Stringer, Albert C. Labriola, Jeffrey S. Johnson, Paul A. Parrish, Tracy E. McLawhorn, Meg Lota Brown, Eugene Cunnar, Robert C. Evans, Robert T. Fallon, Kate Gartner Frost, Corinee W. Guy, Mitchel M. Harris, Dayton Haskin, George Klawitter, Gregory Kneidel, Sean Michael Morris, Mary A. Papazian, Amy Criniti Phillips, John R. Roberts, William Shaw, Matthew Vickless

Completed by his students and colleagues with the Variorum project, the volume is dedicated to Professor Labriola's memory.

AcknowledgmentsShort Forms of Reference for Donne's WorksAbbreviations Used in the CommentarySigla for Textural SourcesManuscripts Listed by Traditional ClassificationSymbols and Abbreviations Used in Textural ApparatusGeneral IntroductionIntroduction to Volume 4.1: The Critical TraditionCommentaryThe Songs and SonetsGeneral CommentaryAutobiography and PersonaCritical ReceptionDating, Publication History, and Manuscript TraditionDonne's Originality: Praise and BlameDramatic ElementsT. S. EliotImageryLanguage and RhetoricLove and Sexual ImageryMannerism and the BaroqueMedievalismParadoxPetrarchismPlatonismPsychological AnalysisRealismScience and the New LearningVersificationWit and Metaphysical ConceitWomenWorks CitedIndex of Authors Cited in the CommentaryIndex of Writers and Historical Figures Cited in the CommentaryIndex of Other Poems and Works of Donne Cited in the CommentaryAbout the Editors