English Seventeenth-Century Verse

The Metaphysical Poets were unjustly ignored for centuries until T.S. Eliot and the other Modernist poets brought them back to popular attention. John Donne and Andrew Marvell are among the most famous poets in any language; the metaphysical style, with its intensely worked metaphors and striking impact, has never really been equalled for approachable complexity. Louis Martz' anthology has been the classroom standard for nearly three decades, with his authoritative texts. If you love smart, emotional poetry from poets for whom love and faith are not abstract issues, than this is the collection for you!

This volume has a wonderful selection of seventeenth century poetry by nine authors. There are many poems for each poet so it's probably one of the more complete sources for the poetry of each of these people.