The Metaphysical Poets by Helen Gardner
An influential critical study that rescued the seventeenth‑century ‘‘metaphysical’’ lyricists from neglect by defining their characteristic use of argumentative structure, intellectual wit and startling conceits, and by supplying detailed close readings of poems by Donne, Herbert, Marvell and others; it shows how their bold metaphors, rhetorical shifts and mingling of thought and feeling create intense poetic effects, challenges earlier dismissals of their style as merely eccentric, and argues for their originality, technical skill and moral seriousness, reshaping modern appreciation of their work.
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