The Donne Tradition Author:George Williamson *The Donne Tradition* has long been regarded as one of the finest books of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century, In it Prof. Williamson has analyzed with masterly skill the nature of the Donne tradition; the work of George Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan, Herbert of Cherbury, Cleveland, Cowley, and other disciples of Donne; and the resemblance b... more »etween these poets and such modern poet as T. S. Eliot and Mallarme. He has, in short, placed Donne and his followers in the company of their peers. This book will deeply interest everyone who cares for literary criticism or the history of English verse.« less