Full Description
Volume 5 of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne (Verse Letters) provides the most authoritative texts of the poems that Donne wrote in this genre. It includes complete textual introductions and apparatuses for each of the 42 poems in the volume. In addition, the volume contains comprehensive summaries, along with notes and glosses, of everything written on these poems from Donne's time through 2013.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Short Forms of Reference for Donne's Works
Abbreviations Used in the Commentary
Sigla for Textual Sources
Manuscripts Listed by Traditional Classification
Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Textual Apparatus
General Introduction
Introduction to Volume 5
Texts and Apparatuses
The Verse Letters
Appendices
Commentary
Works Cited
Index of Authors Cited in the Commentary
Index of Writers and Historical Figures Cited in the Commentary
Index of Other Poems and Works of Donne Cited in the Commentary
Index of Titles
Index of First Lines
About the Editors