Rating: 5/5
Review:
A very good e-edition
This is a very good e-edition of Donne's complete poetry and
prose works.
Donne's writing needs no critique from me. His poetry, in particular, has been a love of
mine for many years; I have printed editions of his work, I have some of his
shorter poems by heart and I read A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day at every
winter solstice. (And yes, I know that's
no longer St. Lucy's Day, but I read it then because 'tis the yeares midnight.)
I wanted an edition to keep handy on my Kindle. This fits the bill admirably.
This edition is well laid-out; the formatting is good and I
found finding and navigating from the Contents to a particular poem or prose
work pretty simple. Spelling and
punctuation have been modernised which suits me well in some contexts, although
I am very glad to have my beautiful old print edition with Donne's somewhat
chaotic approach to both spelling and punctuation because I enjoy that very
much, too. Here, Donne's words are as
clear as they can be and it's an excellent reading edition. So far as I can tell as a lay person, the
works are accurately reproduced and this is a comprehensive edition.
At under a quid, this is an unmissable bargain for me, and I
can recommend it very warmly.
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