An Analysis of the Form and Content of John Donne's First Anniversary: An Anatomy of the World
Abstract
The poetical works of John Donne have commanded a particular interest for both the critic and the student of poetry of the past fifty years. Ever since Professor Herbert Grierson's edition of Donne's poems appeared in 1912, the poet's reputation has been steadily growing. To what can Donne's twentieth-century popularity be attributed? Partly perhaps to the mystification caused by the term "metaphysical" which was associated with Donne and the poets of his school, but mostly to a genuine quality of his poetry which seems to make it more appropriate to our age than the poetry of most of his contemporaries.
Subject Area
British and Irish literature|Art Criticism|Modern literature
Recommended Citation
Arsenault, Francis, "An Analysis of the Form and Content of John Donne's First Anniversary: An Anatomy of the World" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28622513.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28622513
