The Disinterred Muse: Donne's Texts and Contexts

David Novarr

Published by Cornell University Press 1980

The Disinterred Muse

Donne's Texts and Contexts

David Novarr

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501742798

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In 1614, just prior to his ordination, John Donne renounced the writing of verse. He was well aware of the widespread opinion that rhyming was an inappropriate avocation for a man of the cloth. Yet, on certain occasions, Donne did write poetry again.

In this group of five closely related essays, David Novarr takes a new look at Donne's poems—both secular and divine—written before and after his ordination. He reassesses the validity and utility of widely accepted critical contexts which define our understanding of particular poems, and proposes fresh approaches and interpretations.

Novarr's knowledge of Donne's life, his critical insight, and his attention to the details of Donne's texts—all join to make The Disinterred Muse a major contribution to our understanding of Donne and his art.

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David Novarr is Professor of English at Cornell University.

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Joseph H. Summers, Professor of English, University of Rochester:

The Disinterred Muse dramatizes remarkably the processes of true scholarship put to the services of literary understanding, response, and judgment. Novarr is a scholar who listens to poems and who is interested in poetic structure. He here sifts the evidence concerning the occasions, genres, and purposes of the poems Donne wrote after taking holy orders, and for almost every poem comes up with fresh insights, significantly new datings, or radically new interpretations. He has illuminating things to say about the Holy Sonnets and the great Hymns, and the most remarkable insights into the translations and the devotions that I have seen. All scholarly readers, like all future editors, will have to take into account Novarr's work.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Abbreviations Of Periodicals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
1. “The Exstasie ”: Donne’S Address On The States Of Union Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Contextual Study And Donne’S “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
3. Donne’S “Epithalamion Made At Lincoln’S Inn”: Context And Date Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4. The Dating Of Donne’S La Corona Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5. Two Flamens: The Poems Of Dr. Donne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
Appendix: The Bridgewater Manuscript Of Donne’S Poems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Of Donne’S Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Keywords: Art History

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Published: June 30, 2019
ISBN: 9781501742798