Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne : The Anniversaries and the Epicedes and Obsequies, Hardcover by Donne, John; Stringer, Gary A. (EDT), ISBN 0253318114, ISBN-13 9780253318114, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

An ambitious editorial and interpretive project, this edition of Donne's poetry includes a newly edited critical text based on the study of all known manuscripts and significant printed editions and a complete digest of critical and scholarly commentary on the poetry from Donne's time to the present. The poems included in Volume 6 are united in their concern with death and with the appropriate poetic response to death. Each poem has its origin in the death of someone Donne knew or knew of. Each of the ten thus includes both lament and commemoration, and each has a significant association with the tradition of funeral elegies. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.