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Front Matter Appearing in Published Volumes
The most recently published version of the front matter for The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne is here provided in PDF format. Both individual sections and a comprehensive file of the whole are provided for either viewing online or download. All PDF files are optimized for web viewing and are unencrypted and printable. The content is enabled for commenting and can be copied and extracted. To download the latest version of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader software, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.
Short Forms of Reference for Donne’s Works (pdf)
Abbreviations Used in the Commentary (pdf)
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Manuscripts by Traditional Classification (pdf)
Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Textual Apparatus (pdf)
General Editor, 1981-2014
Gary A. StringerVol. 1 (2010-)
Vol. 2 (2000)
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Vol. 4.1 (2017)
Vol. 6 (1995)
Vol. 7.1 (2005)
Vol. 8 (1995)General Editor, 2014-
Jeffrey S. JohnsonVol. 5 (2019)
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Vol.7.2 (2021)Webmasters
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