Literature

Theater Review Theater Review- David Nicol reviews Eastward Ho! Book Reviews Book Reviews- Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour and Every Man Out of His Humour, Ed. Helen Ostovich. Book Review Book Review- Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson's Antimasques: A history of growth and decline, by Lesley Mickel. Jonson's Stoic Politics: Lipsius, the Greeks, and the "Speach According to Horace" Jonson's Stoic Politics: Lipsius, the Greeks, and the "Speach According to Horace"- Robert C. Evans suggests comparisons between Lipsius and Jonson, for "[b]oth men seem to have e… Marking his Place: Ben Jonson's Punctuation Marking his Place: Ben Jonson's Punctuation- Sara van den Berg suggests that "[t]o investigate his punctuation is to investigate not only his specific practices but, even more imp… Book Review Book Review- Robert C. Evans reviews Ben Jonson: Poetry and Architecture, by A.W. Johnson. Book Review Book Review- Matthew Steggle reviews Ben Jonson and Theatre: Performance, Practice and Theory, by Richard Cave, et al. Ben Jonson Unmasked Ben Jonson Unmasked- An essay by Kathleen A. Prendergrast on Jonson's changing attitudes towards his fellow playwrights, the theater as a medium, and his own role as a dramatist. The Swinburne Project The Swinburne Project- A study of Ben Jonson: comedies, tragedies, masques, miscellaneous works, and discoveries. Ben Jonson and Cervantes Ben Jonson and Cervantes- Yumiko Yamada suggests that while many studies of Cervantes make connections to Shakespeare, the connection to Jonson deserves more critical attention. Donne, John (1572-1631) Donne, John (1572-1631)- Sermons, poems, and Devotions. Downloads in PDF, HTML, or plain text. Island of Freedom - John Donne Island of Freedom - John Donne- Biographical sketch and links to several poems. The Anglican Library - John Donne The Anglican Library - John Donne- Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Death's Duel, and Sermons. WzDD's HSC Info Page WzDD's HSC Info Page- Donne's The Apparition, The Flea, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning and other poems. Analysis of the poems. John Donne John Donne- Short biography and poems: Daybreak, That Time and Absence proves Rather helps than hurts to loves, Death, Song, The Ecstasy, The Dream, The Funeral, A Hymn to God the… John Donne: Three Poems John Donne: Three Poems- Holy Sonnets XIV and X; Hymn to God, My God, in my Sickness. Analysis of their poetic form. Poets' Corner Poets' Corner- Selected poems and Holy Sonnets. Holy Sonnets Holy Sonnets- Nineteen sonnets on religious themes. John Donne, Meditation XVII: No Man is an Island John Donne, Meditation XVII: No Man is an Island- Poems, meditations, image gallery, and links. John Donne John Donne- Links to his sermons, Meditations, and Holy Sonnets. John Donne Online John Donne Online- Elegies, epigrams, and Latin poems and translations. Literature Network: John Donne Literature Network: John Donne- Includes selected works, a biography, and a search feature. Five Satyres Five Satyres- Full texts. From The Satires, Epigrams and Verse Letters of John Donne edited by W. Milgate, Oxford, 1967. Works of John Donne Works of John Donne- E-texts of Donne's Songs and Sonnets, Elegies, Epigrams, Satires, Metempsychosis, Marriage Songs, The Anniversaries, The Holy Sonnets, Latin Poems and Transla… New Pleasures Prove: Evidence of Dialectical Disputatio in Early Modern Manuscript Culture New Pleasures Prove: Evidence of Dialectical Disputatio in Early Modern Manuscript Culture- Margaret Downs-Gamble examines Donne's poems in terms of the manuscript culture of the … John Donne the Divine and Mundane John Donne the Divine and Mundane- Analyzes Donne's poetry in terms of his change in lifestyles throughout his career. By Yoshiko Fujito. [.PDF] Donne, Herbert, and the Worm of Controversy Donne, Herbert, and the Worm of Controversy- By Louis Martz. Ecclesiastical dispute in the British Church as reflected in the works of Donne and Herbert. Trumpet Vibrations: Theological Reflections on Donne's Doomsday Sonnet Trumpet Vibrations: Theological Reflections on Donne's Doomsday Sonnet- G. Richmond Bridge relates the octave of Holy Sonnet VII to "the substance of much millenarian thought and … Britten and Donne: Holy Sonnets Set to Music Britten and Donne: Holy Sonnets Set to Music- Bryan N. S. Gooch argues that the ordering of the Sonnets in Britten's Opus 35 reflects the composer's personal experience of visitin… W[illiam] S[hakespeare]'s "A Funeral Elegy" and the Donnean Moment W[illiam] S[hakespeare]'s "A Funeral Elegy" and the Donnean Moment- Claude J. Summers argues that "A Funeral Elegy" shares an affinity with Donne's mourning poems, but "rejects th… John Donne's "Lamentations" and Christopher Fetherstone's Lamentations . . . in prose and meeter (1587) John Donne's "Lamentations" and Christopher Fetherstone's Lamentations . . . in prose and meeter (1587)- Ted-Larry Pebworth argues that Donne engaged the 1587 edition of Fethersto… The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison The Metaphysical Sonnets of John Donne and Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski: A Comparison- Magdalena Kay suggests that "Both poets work out their ideas through paradox and syntactic play." Book Review Book Review- Gary Kuchar reviews Ronald Corthell's Ideology and Desire in Renaissance Poetry: The Subject of Donne. John Donne's Use of Space John Donne's Use of Space- "Donne's spatial imagination: its cosmographic assumptions, and its many contradictions," by Lisa Gorton. Colon and Semi-Colon in Donne's Prose Letters: Practice and Principle Colon and Semi-Colon in Donne's Prose Letters: Practice and Principle- Suggests that "Donne's colon and semicolon usage reveals several Donnean principles of punctuation." By Emma… Book Review Book Review- Claude J. Summers reviews The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne (vol. 6): The Anniversaries and The Epicedes and Obsequies. Gen. Ed. Gary A. Stringer. Book Review Book Review- Nathan P. Tinker reviews Barbara Estrin's Laura: Uncovering Gender and Genre in Wyatt, Donne, and Marvell. Book Reviews Book Reviews- Elizabeth Hodgson reviews two books: John Donne. Pseudo-Martyr. Ed. Anthony Raspa; John Donne and the Ancient Catholic Nobility, by Dennis Flynn. Book Review Book Review- Elizabeth Hodgson reviews The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 8: The Epigrams, Epithalamions, Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Miscellaneous Poems. Ga… Love Poetry of John Donne Love Poetry of John Donne- An essay by Ian Mackean on the role of love in Donne's Songs and Sonnets. Cambridge History of English and American Literature Cambridge History of English and American Literature- Covers the period from Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton, which includes "Donne's Relation to Petrarch," "His Life," "Songs… Paraphrase Used in a Review Paraphrase Used in a Review- Excerpt from the Eric Griffiths review of William Empson's posthumous Essays on Renaissance Literature. Political and Social Criticism in "The Calme" Political and Social Criticism in "The Calme"- Student essay by John DeStefano. Anything for a Quiet Life Anything for a Quiet Life- Text of this work cowritten with John Webster. Edward II Edward II- Etext at the Perseus Project. Monologue Archive: Christopher Marlowe Monologue Archive: Christopher Marlowe- Index and texts of monologues from the plays. Bartleby.com: Christopher Marlowe Bartleby.com: Christopher Marlowe- Brief biography and texts of the plays. The Complete Works of Marlowe The Complete Works of Marlowe- Electronic edition. The New Atlantis The New Atlantis- The Internet Wiretap edition containing plain text of Bacon's 1626 work. Free Online Library - The Essays by Sir Francis Bacon Free Online Library - The Essays by Sir Francis Bacon- Read the essay that takes a look at the philosophy and its relation to the beliefs of religion.