John Donne: A Critical Study,

John Donne (b.1572) is a considered as the founder of Metaphysical Poets. This book consists of twelve chapters highlighting life and literary achievements of John Donne. an analytical approach is adopted in discussion. The main themes discussed are; John Donne: An Overview; Donne's "Elegy 19": The Busk between a Pair of Bodies: Talking to a Silent God: Donne's Holy Sonnets and the Via Negativa; The Act of Preaching and the Art of Prophesying; Donne's Atomies and Anatomies: Deconstrected Bodies; Theology and Spirituality; Notes on the Mystical Christology of John Donne; "Forget the Hee and Shee": Gender and Play in John Donne; Lover as Logician: Donne's Amorous Poetry; Jonson and Carew on Donne: Censure into Praise; The Title/Headings of Donne's English Epigrams; John Donne and the Baroque Doubt; John Donne and Elizabethan Economy Theory; etc.
About Author :
Dr. T. Joseph, is a keen scholar of English literature. Having rich experience in teaching, he has made debut in writing critiques on different litterateurs and their literary works. Dr. S. Francis, has a brilliant academic record. A poet by nature himself, he is a researcher, working on comparative study of ancient and modern English poetry.
Contents :
Preface John Donne: An Overview Donne's "Elegy 19": The Busk between a Pair of Bodies Talking to a Silent God: Donne's Holy Sonnet and the Via Negativa The Act of Preaching and the Art of Prophesying Donne's Atomies and Antomies: Deconstructed Bodies Theology and Spirituality: Notes on the Mystical Christology of John Donne "Forget the Hee and Shee": Gender and Play in John Donne The Lover as Logician: Donne's Amorous Poetry Jonson and Carew on Donne: Censure into Praise The Title/Headings of Donne's English Epigrams John Donne and the Baroque Doubt John Donne and Elizabethan Economy Thoery Index