The Metaphysical Poets

The Metaphysical Poets – The book introduces and summarizes major poems from these authors. It provides thorough annotations and explanatory comments to make the dense, often difficult language of the 17th century accessible to modern students. It includes a detailed introduction to the “Age of Transition.” This provides the essential historical and religious background required to understand why these poets moved away from traditional Elizabethan styles toward more intellectual and paradoxical themes.