Description
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of John Donne presents scholars with the history of Donne studies and provides tools to orient scholarship in this field in the twenty-first century and beyond. Though profoundly historical in its orientation, the Handbook is not a summary of existing knowledge but a resource that reveals patterns of literary and historical attention and the new directions that these patterns enable or obstruct. Part I -- Research resources in Donne Studies and why they they matter -- emphasizes the heuristic and practical orientation of the Handbook, examining prevailing assumptions and reviewing the specialized scholarly tools available. This section provides a brief evaluation and description of the scholarly strengths, shortcomings, and significance of each resource, focusing on a balanced evaluation of the opportunities and the hazards each offers. Part II- - Donne''s genres -- begins with an introduction that explores the significance and differentiation of the numerous genre
Trade Reviewa fine resource. * Freyja Cox Jensen, Cercles *
It is hard to think of a compilation of fifty original essays containing more concentrated scholarship than these do. * Robert Fraser, Times Literary Supplement *
this collection of articles offers an introduction to the field of Donne studies that would be difficult to equal elsewhere. * Ruth Mills Robbins, Comitatus *
it is impossible to over-praise the ingenuity of Shami, Flynn, and Hester's organizational plan ... The end result is, mirabile dictu, as deft and accessible a compendium of the best of current scholarly thinking about Donne as one could hope to find assembled between two covers. It proves as extraordinary a record of Donne scholarship at what is possibly the peak of its most vital era ... I'm delighted by how firm a purchase of Donne this Handbook allows. * Raymond-Jean Frontain, Spenser Review *
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS; NOTE TO READERS; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART 1: RESEARCH RESOURCES IN DONNE STUDIES AND WHY THEY MATTER; PART 2: DONNE'S GENRES; PART 3: BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS; PART 4: PROBLEMS OF LITERARY INTERPRETATION THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY AND GENERALLY IMPORTANT IN DONNE STUDIES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
