The Poems of John Donne Collector's Edition kk Previous Owner's Bookplate on Verso of Half-Title Page.
by Donne, John and Frank Kermode, (Ed.)
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1979. Collector's Edition. Full Calf. in exceptionally good condition; bookplate/No dust jacket. Octavo, [25.5cm/10.5inches], full gilt-embossed navy-blue calfsans dust jacket, pp. xxiv, 198. Illustrated with pen & ink vignettes by Imre Reiner. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Poetry Foundation notes: "The English writer and Anglican cleric John Donne is considered now to be the preeminent metaphysical poet of his time. He was born in 1572 to Roman Catholic parents, when practicing that religion was illegal in England. His work is distinguished by its emotional and sonic intensity and its capacity to plumb the paradoxes of faith, human and divine love, and the possibility of salvation. Donne often employs conceits, or extended metaphors, to yoke together heterogenous ideas, in the words of Samuel Johnson, thus generating the powerful ambiguity for which his work is famous. After a resurgence in his popularity in the early 20th century, Donnes standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest writers of English prose, is now assured."
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- Charles Lewis Best Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Poems of John Donne Collector's Edition kk Previous Owner's Bookplate on Verso of Half-Title Page.
- Author
- Donne, John and Frank Kermode, (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - in exceptionally good condition; bookplate
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- English Literature Poetry
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