The Poetry of John Donne - A Critical Study Guide - Paperback

by Mungo Parks (Author)

The Poetry of John Donne - A Critical Study Guide contains critical commentaries for twenty-eight of Donne's poems (including Air and Angels; The Anniversary; The Apparition; The Canonization; The Flea; The Good Morrow; Woman's Constancy; To His Mistress Going to Bed; A Jet Ring Sent; The Relic; The Sun Rising; The Triple Fool; Twicknam Garden; A Valediction Forbidding Mourning; Elegy V: His Picture; Go and Catch a Falling Star; A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day; as well as several of his Holy Sonnets). Included within the study guide are notes on Donne's life, the historical period in which the poems were written and the major themes which run throughout his work. There is also a section with essay questions (suitable for AQA and Edexcel), along with a model answer, the selected thoughts of contemporary critics and a comprehensive glossary.