John Donne and the metaphysical poets
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's classic critical views
Publisher: Bloom's Literary Criticism
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9781604131390
Subjects: Donne, John, -- 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: The poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, and Richard Crashaw has fascinated critics for centuries. Ambivalently received but inescapably influential, their tradition can be traced through some of the best poets of our time. Features essays from the 17th and early 20th centuries that offer students of literature historical insights into these significant poets.
Notes: A selection of older literary criticism on John Donne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.