Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 5

Jeffrey S. Johnson is Professor of English at East Carolina University.

"This variorum edition will be the basis of all future Donne scholarship."—Chronique, reviewing a previous edition or volume"Academic libraries and specialists in Renaissance and 17th-century studies should feel compelled to own each and every volume of this series."—Seventeenth-Century News, reviewing a previous edition or volume"An occasion for celebration. Among the most ambitious and valuable collaborative scholarly enterprises at the end of the twentieth century. Superb."—Early Modern Literary Studies, reviewing a previous edition or volume

• AcknowledgmentsShort Forms of Reference for Donne's WorksAbbreviations Used in the CommentarySigla for Textual SourcesManuscripts Listed by Traditional ClassificationSymbols and Abbreviations Used in the Textual ApparatusGeneral IntroductionIntroduction to Volume 5Texts and ApparatusesThe Verse LettersAppendicesCommentaryWorks CitedIndex of Authors Cited in the CommentaryIndex of Writers and Historical Figures Cited in the CommentaryIndex of Other Poems and Works of Donne Cited in the CommentaryIndex of TitlesIndex of First LinesAbout the Editors