Volume 5 of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne (Verse Letters) provides the most authoritative texts of the poems that Donne wrote in this genre. It includes complete textual introductions and apparatuses for each of the 42 poems in the volume. In addition, the volume contains comprehensive summaries, along with notes and glosses, of everything written on these poems from Donne's time through 2013. "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 This variorum edition will be the basis of all future Donne scholarship. ― Chronique 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 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 "This variorum edition will be the basis of all future Donne scholarship." , Chronique "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 "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 The Verse Letters (Volume5) Front Flap Copy [ note: follow the formatting for vol. 3 and vol. 4.1] The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne Jeffrey S. Johnson General Editor Volume 5 The Verse Letters This volume, the seventh in the series of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne , presents newly edited critical texts of 42 verse letters. Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and printed editions in which these poems have appeared, Volume 5 details the genealogical history of each poem, accompanied by a thorough prose discussion. The volume also presents a comprehensive digest of general and topical commentary on the Verse Letters from Donne's time through 2013. Arranged chronologically within sections, the material is organized under the following headings: Dates and Circumstances; General Commentary; Genre; Language, Versification, and Style; Religious and Philosophical Themes; Letters to Men; Letters to Women; Letters to the Countess of Bedford. The Verse Letters (Volume5) Back Flap Copy [ note: follow the formatting for vol. 3 and vol. 4.1] Jeffrey S. Johnson is Professor of English at East Carolina University. Gregory Kneidel is Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. Jeanne Shami is Professor Emeritus at the University of Regina. Tracy E. McLawhorn is technology editor and assistant textual editor of the Variorum . Joshua Eckhardt is Associate Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. Corinee W. Guy is a Teaching Assistant Professor at East Carolina University. Sean H. McDowell is Associate Professor of English at Seattle University. Robert W. Reeder is Associate Professor of English at Providence College. Audell Shelburne is Professor of English at Northeastern State University. Daniel Starza Smith is Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at King's College London. Ernest W. Sullivan, II is Edward S. Diggs Professor of English Emeritus at Virginia Tech University. THE VARIORUM EDITION OF THE POETRY OF JOHN DONNE Jeffrey S. Johnson, Editor The Verse Letters (Volume5)―Front Flap Copy [ note: follow the formatting for vol. 3 and vol. 4.1] The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne Jeffrey S. Johnson General Editor Volume 5 The Verse Letters This volume, the seventh in the series of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne , presents newly edited critical texts of 42 verse letters. Based on an exhaustive study of the manuscripts and printed editions in which these poems have appeared, Volume 5 details the genealogical history of each poem, accompanied by a thorough prose discussion. The volume also presents a comprehensive digest of general and topical commentary on the Verse Letters from Donne's time through 2013. Arranged chronologically within sections, the material is organized under the following headings: Dates and Circumstances; General Commentary; Genre; Language, Versification, and Style; Religious and Philosoph