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Six Metaphysical Poets: A Reader's Guide
This guide focuses primarily on the sometimes difficult or obscure poetry of John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, Henry Vaughan, and Andrew Marvell, but it also deals with some of the lesser poets who can legitimately be included under the heading of metaphysical poets.
274 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2001
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December 11, 2009
The first three chapters provide a useful overview of the 'metaphysical poets', chapter 3 focusing on Donne. Then follows a consideration of each of the poets with each chapter, after a short introduction, commenting on specific poems. The author's style is concise and witty, a bit too so for me at times since I can't follow many of the literary references. I dare say I will appreciate it more when I have read more of the poets.
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