Websites
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The Poetry Foundation has put together a Learning Lab to help students discover more about the poem, complete with beakers and Bunsen burners. Just kidding.
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The American Academy of Poets hosts a concise introduction to John Donne, many of his important poems, and a bibliography of his work, if you're hungry for more metaphysics. And who isn't?
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Here's a helpful (if overly intellectual) introduction to John Donne and Metaphysical poetry.
Video
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The voice of Harry Potter's Aragog and the bad guy in Indiana Jones and Bond, Julian Glover looks out the window at the sun and recites the poem.
Audio
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As part of their learning lab, the Poetry Foundation hosts a fine reading of the poem.
Articles and Interviews
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T.S. Eliot saved the Metaphysical poets from irrelevance with this important essay. Try on your tweed and get reading.
Books
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The Norton Critical Edition contains the most accurate text, excellent footnotes, and critical essays about Donne, if you really want to dive in.
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John Stubbs's authoritative biography analyzes Donne's complex religious and romantic inclinations.