The Poetry of John Donne A Critical Study Guide

The Poetry of John Donne – A Critical Study Guide contains critical commentaries for seventeen of Donne’s poems (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; Holy Sonnet X: Death, Be Not Proud; The Indifferent). 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 GCSE and A Level), the selected thoughts of contemporary critics and a comprehensive glossary.