"A new literary history of the origins of metaphysical poetry in the urban environment of early modern London, considering the work of John Marston, Thomas Nashe, John Manningham and John Donne"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Thomas Nashe and the Processing of Urban Experience; 2. Pierce's Heirs: Satire at the Inns of Court and in the City; 3. The Social Quotidian in John Manningham's Diary; 4. Stillness and Noise: Donne's Songs and Sonnets in c. 1600 London; Epilogue. The Future of the Metaphysical.