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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

Lessons for the Christian Church. Modern Library Publication Date: Paul Rock , Bill Tammeus. What I do recall is that my classmate was one of the dozen fellow "poets" in m Here's where I started, as a Freshman at Amherst College, an enthusiasm for verse I did not entirely comprehend; a classmate of mine, Schuyler Pardee, and I went to our wonderful professor, G Armour Craig, with a proposal: What I do recall is that my classmate was one of the dozen fellow "poets" in my class, but he also was the first person I knew to commit suicide, a few years after graduation.

When I told him I wanted to write on Marvell, Leonard suggested the broader topic which proved so fruitful to me. Though one might not know it from his criticism, especially in American lit like TS Eliot, Leonard Unger I considered a professor of comparative literature. For example, his good friend Saul Bellow and he once composed, during lunch at the U MN Faculty Club on the top floor of the Student Union, a verse translation of the first lines of the Wasteland--in Yiddish.

He took his surprising shifting of tones, from distant connoiseur to precipitant lecher: Go, and catch a falling star Get with child a mandrake root Tell me where all past years are Or--who cleft the Devil's foot. Teach me to hear mermaid's singing-- Or to keep off Envy's stinging Or find What wind Serves to advance and honest mind.

It may also be true in academics, to my relief, an explanation of how my "advancement" has come pretty late. In grad school, another of Leonard Unger's students was advanced, because he flattered a different, declining professor, quoted him verbatim to his face on his Ph. The early-onset professor admired his own insights, from a student's mouth, and advanced him to a job at his own graduate institution, Princeton. I was very happy to get a community college job, where I spent 40 years engaging the heart of America: Jan 04, Megan rated it it was amazing Recommended to Megan by: There's not a lot to say without writing a thesis.

I particularly like the Holy Sonnets. I'm a big fan of 17th century poetry in general but of all poetry, ever, Donne has written some of the best. His poems are inventive with their imagery and intensely personal, though they remain true t Um, it's Donne. His poems are inventive with their imagery and intensely personal, though they remain true to metrical forms.

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Personally I think free verse has made everyone think they can be a poet by simply emoting in incomplete sentences. When you're tired of reading poetry that's little more than someone whining over their last breakup a la William Shatner, read "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" and experience some of the most timeless, universal, and creative images describing lovers parting that were ever written. Jul 12, Jessica rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: John Donne's poetry is fantastcally beautiful.

I could live for days in the worlds his words create in my mind. The depths of emotion Donne has made me feel, and the questions about myself, religion, love, and loss he has forced me to ask, are the most basic, yet also the most profound.

Donne is much more than his quotable texts--look beyond the island and you will find the man. Apr 04, Becca McCulloch rated it it was amazing Shelves: His words are a sweet breath released after a turbulent day. He's witty and wise and romantic and perfect.

A poet for all time in the English-Refined Celtic tradition. When I was thirteen, I wanted two things for Christmas: John Donne's poetry and a bottle of Chantilly cologne; my eldest brother, Dick, gave me both. The Chantilly is long gone, but the book has been by my side and within reach all my life wherever I have lived and traveled. I know it's heretical, but I love Donne's poetry more than Shakespeare's Sonnets. There are many editions of Donne, but I love this Modern Library for its preservation of Donne's 17th century spelling and for Michael Coffin's introduction.

I didn't put a "finished" date because I've never stopped. Apr 28, Lisa Harmonybites rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Recommended to Lisa Harmonybites by: I'd read some poems by Donne before, but it's amazing reading all his collected poems and being able to appreciate how consistently good they are--at least the sonnets and elegies which stand up being compared to those of Shakespeare. They're erudite, but accessible, although the edition I read didn't regularize the spelling--and frankly I think you only gain in readability if that's modernized and can't see what you'd lose unless you have a scholarly interest.

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Almost all the "Songs and Sonets" I'd read some poems by Donne before, but it's amazing reading all his collected poems and being able to appreciate how consistently good they are--at least the sonnets and elegies which stand up being compared to those of Shakespeare. Almost all the "Songs and Sonets" and "Elegies and Historical Epistle" that begin the Poetry section are love poetry, but they really run the gamut in tone.

They're all witty and clever, and some are passionate and gorgeously romantic. Some are irreverent, cynical, even misogynist, and I'm not sure at times whether to take as tongue in cheek such humorous verse as "Go and Catch a Falling Star," "Woman's Constancy" or the last lines of "Love's Alchemy. And reading his prose, which often speaks on topics concerning women, somehow doesn't clarify but only complicates the issue.

I have to admit grinning though at his epigram, "A Self Accuser: The best of the poetry are definitely amazing "five star" reads, but I wasn't enchanted by all of his poetry.

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Now I want to take a little time to discuss a very controversial essay he wrote one that is still controversial now and that is his essay Biathanatos which is still shocking that a theologian would stake out such a position on such a subject. No trivia or quizzes yet. I'd keep writing but I think i hear a bell A Day Devotional - eBook. I've read a lot of his writing, but not nearly all of it. One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. It's silly but if you want to know the mindset of 1.

I can't say I found any of the "Satyres" or "Verse Letters" all that winning. All in all, I'd rate the poetry section about four or even four and half stars in terms of how much I loved them, despite some I wasn't taken with.

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But then there's Donne's prose. It was moving, or at least interesting, reading some of his letters that dealt with his marriage, and there's the famous Meditation 17 From Devotions upon Emergent Occasions with its famous "no man is an island" passage.

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But I have to admit, I found most of the prose works a true slog I soon was skimming. It's not that I couldn't see there was a first rate mind still at work. But in the end I'm not a believing Christian, and the bulk of his prose works--half of them in the book are sermons--deal with very esoteric and dated religious issues I just couldn't care less about--and I'm the kind of person who actually read Lewis' Mere Christianity from beginning to end and counts Dante a favorite.

So unless a reader has a scholarly interest in 17th century Christian theology, I'd find it hard to believe they would find reading these prose works interesting in the same way as, for instance, Montaigne's Essays written in the century before Donne which range wider in their topics and are still relevant and accessible to the modern reader. So unless you're a Donne scholar or have a particular interest in his times, you might actually be best off seeking a book with a selection of his poetry rather than this more comprehensive collection of his works of both his poetry and prose.

Jun 01, Kris Hill rated it it was amazing Shelves: John Donne writes erotic poetry. I have an extreme love of old-timey sexual references so I love John Donne. His conceits are really well constructed, interesting and so fun. This is a great book for lovers to share, as long as both lovers are comfortable enough with themselves that getting turned on by a compass won't bother them. May 09, Casey rated it really liked it Shelves: I got superduper into this poet when I was twenty. I love that some of his poems are so explicitly sexual, and others so religious.

He also seems so sure about faith and redemption at one moment, and totally full of doubt the next. In this collection, you'll find a portrait of an incredibly thoughtful, passionate, and frequently conflicted man. Oct 21, Gilbert Wesley Purdy rated it it was amazing Shelves: Mine is the edition, therefore does not include the introduction by Denis Donoghue. The creator, for all intents and purposes, of Metaphysical Poetry.

A lot of eccentric and strangely musical poetry. The "complete poetry" here is the complete English language poetry. None of the Latin poems are included. Mar 17, Bruce rated it it was amazing. I love to read "The Good-Morrow" to Anna: I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov'd? But suck'd on countrey pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seaven sleepers den? T'was so; But this, all pleasures fancies bee. If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desir'd, and got, t'was but a dreame of thee. Feb 24, Colin rated it really liked it Shelves: I like Donne well enough.

The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne

He's more in my style in his rakish youth, and his later conversion to a religious lifestyle and zealotry doesn't impress me as much as some, but his genius cannot be denied even in his later years. Jul 17, Matthew rated it did not like it Shelves: This is my third attempt to plow through this book, and this time I'm throwing in the towel for good.

I just don't get Donne. Maybe I need one of those critical editions where some smart person with an English degree explains everything as I go. I am reading this book as an anthology, and pick it up when I feel like reading some of Donne's work. I've read a lot of his writing, but not nearly all of it. Aug 17, Jennifer rated it it was amazing. One of my favorite poets Nov 01, Jesse Broussard rated it it was amazing.

One of my top ten books of all time. A few of his poems were obligatory reading at the university - this is what I got out of it when I was done with Donne: Forbidden Mourning is a farewell poem. Love between man and God seems to be also a theme for sonne A few of his poems were obligatory reading at the university - this is what I got out of it when I was done with Donne: Love between man and God seems to be also a theme for sonnet The desire to be enslaved and overwhelmed by God is expressed as the desire for freedom: Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

The fact that he is only betrothed and not yet married indicates that there is still hope for him left. The ravishing and enthralling god can still save him. Donne plays with these opposites very skillfully and adds great depth to his appealing language, which force can be seen best in the very first lines of the sonnet: Death is defeated in sonnet Death is seen as a short sleep that separates us from eternal life.

The Meditation 17 also deals with the subject of death. A Hymn to God the Father includes a joke that is repeated in every stanza. And in the final stanza: Aug 27, Taka rated it it was ok Shelves: Reading poetry is difficult. I liked some of his sonnets, but I don't think I understood most of his poetry. I had to keep re-reading the lines and sometimes the whole sonnet multiple times to understand what he's trying to say.

I'd like to think that it was worth my time just to find some poems I liked. What kept me from NOT reading all of his poetry and prose and thereby violating my categorical imperative is that I'm just not interested in what he has to say, because I'm not religious and found most of his concerns irrelevant. I believe that reading is a process of self-discovery. You read and read and read to find what you like, what you can identify with, what resonates with your self, at the same time to expand your horizon.

And if a book is not engaging your mind, maybe you're wasting your time.