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The Metaphysical Poets (Paperback)

by Helen Gardner (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (28 Jun 1973)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014042038X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140420388
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.1 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95,330 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #21 in  Books > Fiction > Genre > Metaphysical
    #51 in  Books > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > Poetry > By Period > 16th to 18th Centuries

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John Milton, Thomas Carew, Sir William Davenant, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Sir Walter Ralegh, Robert Southwell, John Donne and Richard Crashaw are some of the 17th century poets who became known as "metaphysical". In this anthology, Dame Helen Gardner has collected together those poets who, although never self consciously a school, did possess in common certain features of argument and powerful persuasion.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive collection of the Metaphysical poets., 7 Mar 2001
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This book gives you not only a comprehensive collection of the Metaphysical poets, but also helpful information on the poets and their poems. Although it is not a study guide, if you are interested and excited by these poems, this is an excellent book to work through. Also featuring some of the lesser known Metaphysicals, it contains all the most pervasive poets and poems also. I am currently using this book in conjunction with my English Literature A level, and have found it more than amply fits the course. An excellent anthology of these unusual and emotionally engaging poets.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Feeling a little elderly, 7 May 2006
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The choice of poems is good, though a bit conservative: Gardner has a tendency to value not particularly striking Anglican poems just because of their devotional stance, and unlike Grierson's earlier collection she is a bit reluctant to acknowledge the eroticism of poets in this tradition. So you might find Colin Burrow's 2006 replacement volume a bit more lively--it has a more substantial introduction and notes, too.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A useful and rewarding anthology, 1 Jan 2009
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Helen Gardner has done a great job here of providing us with an interesting and varied anthology of metaphysical poetry. There are some major English poets included here - John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan making up the bulk of the material. Metaphysical poetry is challenging and certainly requires more effort than one would need to read, say, the Romantics. But the rewards are there to be had. Not just for undergraduates, these poems are for us all.
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