The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 3 by... - 9780253012906

The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 3The Satyres\nAuthor(s): John Donne, Gary A. Stringer, Paul A. Parrish, Donald Dickson, Ted-Larry Pebworth, Ernest W. Sullivan, Dennis Flynn, Tracy E. McLawhorn, M. Thomas Hester, Jeffrey S. Johnson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253012906, 978-0253012906\nSynopsis\nBased on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and printed editions in which these poems have appeared, the fifth volume in the series of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne presents newly edited critical texts of the five canonical satires and \""Metempsychosis\"" and details the genealogical history of each accompanied by a thorough prose discussion. The analysis contained in the volume shows that Donne revised each of the poems and explains how readings from the competing versions were intermingled in the early editions and transmitted to subsequent generations. Th.