John Donne's Marriage Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library
Published on 1. July 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-295-98510-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is a complete facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne that are among the greatest treasures of the Folger Library. The letters, dating from February and March 1602, relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer.
The text of a letter provides one part of the story, while its very tangibility -- the ancient folds, the grime and fingerprints deposited by the writer, deliverer, and readers, the broken seals, the ink blots, the idosyncratic spelling, the location of a signature -- tells another. An understanding of a letter's written and unwritten social signals brings into focus a fuller, grittier, and a clearer view of life in 17th century England.
John Donne's Marriage Letters was recognized in the AIGA "50 books/50 Covers" competition as one of 100 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2005.
The text of a letter provides one part of the story, while its very tangibility -- the ancient folds, the grime and fingerprints deposited by the writer, deliverer, and readers, the broken seals, the ink blots, the idosyncratic spelling, the location of a signature -- tells another. An understanding of a letter's written and unwritten social signals brings into focus a fuller, grittier, and a clearer view of life in 17th century England.
John Donne's Marriage Letters was recognized in the AIGA "50 books/50 Covers" competition as one of 100 examples of outstanding book and book cover design produced in 2005.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
45 color illus.
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 228 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-295-98510-7 (9780295985107)
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Persons
M. Thomas Hester is professor of English at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Robert Parker Sorlien is professor emeritus of English at the University of Rhode Island. Dennis Flynn is professor of English at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Note on Transcriptions, Reproductions, and Donne's Heraldic Seals
Transcriptions
John Donne to Sir George More, February 2, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, February 11, 1602
John Donne to Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, February 12, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, February 13, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February 13, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February [ca. 15], 1602
Christopher Brooke to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February 25, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, March 1, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, March 1, 1602
Decree of Richard Swale, LL.D., Court of Audience, Canterbury, April 27, 1602
John Donne's Receipt for GBP100 from Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, July 6, 1602
John Donne to Sir Robert More, February 7, 1612
John Donne to Sir Robert More, July 28, 1614
John Donne to Sir Robert More, August 10, 1614
John Donne to Sir George More, December 3, 1614
John Donne's Epitaph for Anne Donne, August 15, 1617
John Donne to Sir Henry Wotten, July 12, 1925
John Donne to Sir George More, June 22, 1629
Reproductions of the Documents
Curator's Afterword
Introduction
A Note on Transcriptions, Reproductions, and Donne's Heraldic Seals
Transcriptions
John Donne to Sir George More, February 2, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, February 11, 1602
John Donne to Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, February 12, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, February 13, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February 13, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February [ca. 15], 1602
Christopher Brooke to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, February 25, 1602
John Donne to Sir George More, March 1, 1602
John Donne to Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, March 1, 1602
Decree of Richard Swale, LL.D., Court of Audience, Canterbury, April 27, 1602
John Donne's Receipt for GBP100 from Lord Keeper Thomas Egerton, July 6, 1602
John Donne to Sir Robert More, February 7, 1612
John Donne to Sir Robert More, July 28, 1614
John Donne to Sir Robert More, August 10, 1614
John Donne to Sir George More, December 3, 1614
John Donne's Epitaph for Anne Donne, August 15, 1617
John Donne to Sir Henry Wotten, July 12, 1925
John Donne to Sir George More, June 22, 1629
Reproductions of the Documents
Curator's Afterword