TY - BOOK AU - Acharya N.K. TI - John Donne and The seventeenth - century Metaphysical poets SN - 978-93-83026-39-5 U1 - 829.301 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New Delhi. PB - Pearl Books N1 - 1. The metaphysical poetry of seventeenth century 2. Herbert J.C. Grierson on Metaphysical poetry 3. Seventeenth - century ideas of wit 4. The tone of Ben Jonson's Poetry 5. Abraham cowley and the decline of metaphysical poetry 6. Abraham cowley and the pindarique ode 7. Cowley's essays in verse and prose and the transition to Neo-classicism 8. The poetry of Andrew Marvell 9. The poetry of John Norris of Bemerton: A plea for recognition 10. John Donne 11. Donne's Poetry 12. Donne as a metaphysical poet N2 - The seventeenth-century metaphysical poets, including John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Thomas Traherne, and Henry Vaughn, are still beloved today for their inventive metaphors and agile intelligence. this volume contains a collection of the finest contemporary criticism of the metaphysical poets. This guide focuses primarily on the sometimes difficult or obscure poetry of John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Abraham Cowley, Henry Vaughan, and Andrew MArvell, but it also deals with some of the lesser poets who can legitimately be included under the heading of mataphysical poets ER -