The holy sonnets 9780253347015, 0253347017

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Short Forms of Reference for Donne's Works......Page 13
Abbreviations Used in the Commentary......Page 20
Sigla for Textual Sources......Page 27
Manuscripts Listed by Traditional Classification......Page 38
Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Textual Apparatus......Page 39
General Introduction......Page 40
General Textual Introduction......Page 55
The Critical Tradition......Page 98
Texts and Apparatuses......Page 104
The Holy Sonnets......Page 106
2. [As due by many titles] HSDue......Page 108
4. [Father, part of his double Interest] HSPart......Page 109
6. [This is my Playes last scene,] HSScene......Page 110
8. [At the round Earths Imagin'd corners] HSRound......Page 111
10. [Yf Faithfull Soules] HSSouls......Page 112
12. [Wilt thou loue God,] HSWilt......Page 113
2. [As due by many titles] HSDue......Page 114
4. [Father, part of his double interest] HSPart......Page 115
6. [This is my Playes last Scene,] HSScene......Page 116
8. [At the round Earths imagind corners] HSRound......Page 117
10. [If faythfull Soules] HSSouls......Page 118
12. [Wilt thou love God,] HSWilt......Page 119
14. [Why ame I by all Creatures] HSWhy......Page 120
16. [Batter my hart,] HSBatter......Page 121
18. [Show me deare Christ,] HSShow......Page 122
19. [Oh, to vex me,] HSVex......Page 123
2. {Oh my black Soule,} HSBlack......Page 124
4. [At the round Earths imagin'd corners] HSRound......Page 125
6. [Death bee not proude,] HSDeath......Page 126
8. [Why are wee by all Creatures] HSWhy......Page 127
10. [Batter my heart,[ HSBatter......Page 128
12. [Father, part of his double interest] HSPart......Page 129
Lists of Copy - Texts and Emendations for the Three Sequences......Page 130
HSBatter......Page 134
HSBlack......Page 138
HSDeath......Page 142
HSDue......Page 146
HSLittle......Page 150
HSMade......Page 153
HSMin......Page 157
HSPart......Page 161
HSRound......Page 165
HSScene......Page 169
HSShe......Page 173
HSShow......Page 176
HSSighs......Page 178
HSSouls......Page 181
HSSpit......Page 185
HSVex......Page 189
HSWhat......Page 191
HSWhy......Page 195
HSWilt......Page 199
Analyses of Early Printed Copies......Page 203
Appendix 1: The 1635 Sequence......Page 205
Appendix 2: A Note on Identifying Authorial Revisions Among Manuscript Variants......Page 214
Commentary......Page 216
The Holy Sonnets......Page 218
General Commentary on the Holy Sonnets......Page 219
Dating and Order......Page 236
The Poet/Persona......Page 249
Genre and Traditions......Page 260
Language and Style......Page 271
Prosody......Page 279
Sacred and Profane......Page 281
Themes......Page 289
The Holy Sonnets and Other Works......Page 304
Commentary......Page 324
Notes and Glosses......Page 364
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Commentary......Page 628
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Commentary......Page 646
Notes and Glosses......Page 649
Commentary......Page 653
Notes and Glosses......Page 655
Works Cited......Page 658
Index of Authors Cited in the Commentary......Page 691
Index of Writers and Historical Figures Cited in the Commentary......Page 700
Index of Other Poems and Works of Donne Cited in the Commentary......Page 703
Index of Titles......Page 705
Index of First Lines......Page 707