John Donne: A Critical Study

John Donne (b. 1572) is considered as the founder of Metaphysical Poets. This book consists of twelve chapters highlighting life and literary achievements of John Donne. An analytical approach is adopted in discussion. The main themes discussed are: John Donne: An Overview; donne’s “Elegy 19”: The Busk between a Pair of Bodies; Talking to a Silent God: Donne’s Holy Sonnets and the Via Negativa; The Act of Preaching and the Art of Prophesying; Donne’s Atomies and Anatomies: Deconstructed Bodies; Theology and Spirituality: Notes on the Mystical Christology of John Donne; “Forget the Hee and Shee”: Gender and Play in John donne; Lover as Logician: Donne’s Amorous Poetry; Jonson and Carew on donne: Censure into Praise; The Title/Headings of Donne’s English Epigrams; John Donne and the Baroque Doubt; John Donne and Elizabethan Economy Theory; etc. This book will benefit the teachers and students as well.