Джон Донн — книжные серии

This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne’s great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne’s satires, epigrams, verse letters, and holy sonnets, along with his most ambitious and important poems, the Anniversaries. In addition, there is a generous sampling of Donne’s prose, including many of his private letters; Ignatius His Conclave, a satiric onslaught on the Jesuits; excerpts from Biathanatos, his celebrated defense of suicide; and his most famous sermons, concluding with the final "Death’s Duell." "We have only to read [Donne]," wrote Virginia Woolf, "to submit to the sound of that passionate and penetrating voice, and his figure rises again across the waste of the years more erect, more imperious, more inscrutable than any of his time."

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Donne's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by rarely published letters and extracts from Donne's sermons - to give the essence of his work and thinking.

John Donne (1572-1631) is today celebrated as one of the greatest of the metaphysical poets, whose verse was daringly original and whose use of imagery and conceits marked a new, intellectual approach to poetry. His Satires, Elegies, and Songs and Sonnets, which contain his most famous love poems, were complemented by his religious writing, both verse and prose. He was one of the most renowned preachers of his day, and this volume does equal justice to the full range of his work. In addition to nearly all his English poetry this volume includes over 130 extracts from Donne's sermons, as well as the full text of his last sermon, 'Death's Duel'. A distinguishing feature of the selection is that the works are arranged in the chronological order of their composition.

John Donne (1572-1631) is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century.

In his day it seemed to his admirers that Donne had changed the literary universe, and he is now widely regarded as the founder of the metaphysical `school'. Donne's poetry is highly distinctive and individual, adopting a multitude of rhythms, images, forms, and personae, from irresistible seducer to devout believer. His greatness stems from the subtleties and ambivalences of tone that convey his remarkably modern awareness of the instability of the self.

This collection of Donne's verse is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition of his major works. It includes a wide selection from his secular and divine poems, such as the rebellious and libertine satires and love elegies, the virtuoso Songs and Sonnets, and the desperate, passionate Holy Sonnets. John Carey's introduction and extensive notes provide valuable insights into Donne's poetic genius.

Выдающийся английский поэт-метафизик Джон Донн (1572-1631) - не просто классик английского Возрождения; он, как и его современник Шекспир, писатель на все времена. В его стихах искренняя страсть перемешана с задиристым цинизмом и философской рефлексией. Слова, образы, интонации Донна вошли в состав поэзии XX века, повлияв на многих крупных поэтов от Томаса Элиота до Иосифа Бродского.

Эта книга подготовлена одним из лучших современных переводчиков и знатоков английской литературы - Григорием Кружковым, многие годы работающим над переложением поэзии Донна на русский язык.

Donne created new forms of lyric, satire, elegiac and religious verse, and his independence of view, compact manner of expression encompassing conflicting moods, impassioned paradox, outbreaks of cynicism and wry humour make his work particularly appealing to the twentieth-century mind. His poetry reflects every stage of his development from the piratical Jack Donne who sailed with Ralegh against the Spaniards and spent riotous nights in the London streets, to the penitent John Donne who became Dean of St Paul’s and the most celebrated preacher of his age.

This edition, compiled and introduced by C. A. Patrides, is recognized as the most complete and scholarly one-volume collection of Donne’s Complete English Poems available.

The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to the Countess of Bedford, The First Anniversary, Holy Sonnets, Divine Poems, excerpts from Paradoxes and Problems, Ignatius His Conclave, The Sermons, Essays and Devotions, and an index of first lines.

В книгу вошли лучшие переводы стихотворений и поэм Джона Донна, одного из самых самобытных поэтов в истории английской литературы. Загадочная поэзия Джона Донна, стоящего на поэтическом Олимпе рядом с Шекспиром, Чосером, Милтоном, Блейком и Элиотом, в наше время переживает неожиданное возрождение и снова становится объектом интереса самого широкого круга читателей.

В книгу вошло полное собрание стихотворений и поэм, светских и духовных, Джона Донна, выдающегося английского поэта и проповедника, основоположника так называемой метафизической школы в поэзии. Представлены все жанры его поэзии: элегии, сатиры, песни и сонеты, послания, поэма "Метемпсихоз, или Путь души". Кроме того, в книгу включено классическое жизнеописание "доктора Джона Донна, настоятеля Собора Святого Павла", составленное его современником и другом Исааком Уолтоном. Для широкого круга читателей.

В книгу вошло полное собрание стихотворений и поэм, светских и духовных, Джона Донна, выдающегося английского поэта и проповедника, основоположника так называемой метафизической школы в поэзии. Представлены все жанры его поэзии: элегии, сатиры, песни и сонеты, послания, поэма "Метемпсихоз, или Путь души". Кроме того, в книгу включено классическое жизнеописание "доктора Джона Донна, настоятеля Собора Святого Павла", составленное его современником и другом Исааком Уолтоном. Для широкого круга читателей.

Классик английского Возрождения, Джон Донн, как и его современник Уильям Шекспир, оказался поэтом на все времена. Стихи Донна, обращены они к женщине или к Богу, и поныне звучат страстно и увлекательно — сгустки поэтической энергии, не разрядившиеся за четыре столетия. Пылкий юноша в широкополой шляпе, сумрачный проповедник в темной рясе сделался, неведомо как, нашим современником. Слова, образы, интонации Донна, сохранив секрет своей особой жизненности и удивительной способности порождать негаснущие волны в пространстве и времени, вошли в состав поэзии XX века, повлияв на многих поэтов Европы — от Томаса Элиота до Иосифа Бродского. В…