The Poems of John Donne, the Forefather of English Metaphysical Poetry

Author: Dan En
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Most of the content in "The Forefather of English Metaphysical Poetry: The Poems of John Donne" was originally published as "John Donne: Love Poems and Religious Poems" under the series "Classic Library of British Literature" by China Foreign Translation Publishing House in January 1999. After its release, it received praise from both academic circles and general readers, and was awarded the Outstanding Research Achievement Award by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2002. Based on this, the translator has recently referred to multiple original versions and meticulously proofread the old translation word by word, making careful improvements to the text. Additionally, all of Donne's surviving "proverb" poems have been newly translated, and numerous annotations have been added. It can be said that "The Forefather of English Metaphysical Poetry: The Poems of John Donne" remains the only authoritative Chinese translation of Donne's poems.