Investigation II – Manuscript Circulation
Introduction Donne’s poetry is quite the opaque literary landscape – his many editors cannot seem to agree on what he wrote,…
Investigation I – Researching the Inscriptions
Figuring Out What These Numbers Mean Finally, the history around the first issue of the first edition is kind of starting to…
Second Glance: The Book
As the inscription page reads, this book was rebound in 1914. As coincidence would have it, the poetry of John…
First Glance: The Inscriptions
Looking Closer at the Inscription page in Poems / by J.D. ; With Elegies of the Authors Death So, I have…
The History of John Donne
Because almost none of Donne’s poetry was published during his lifetime, it is difficult to date it accurately. Most of…