“Hero and Leander”

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1. Mary Novik said

   on 6/3/2007

   I had forgotten that John Donne had written anything about Hero and Leander, even though I’ve just finished writing a novel about him, Conceit. So I got out my editions of JD and checked and that’s the whole poem, two lines. It’s one of his epigrams, written when he was, as Richard Baker said in the 17th century, “a great visiter of ladies, a great frequenter of plays, and a great writer of conceited verses.”

2. chris said

   on 6/3/2007

   Good point– I try to remember to put quotations around titles (and no ‘from’) when the pieces are complete. I’ll be watching for your novel…

3. Tom said

   on 8/25/2007

   Re: Conceit. So when is this novel to be published? Where will it be available? Is it mostly about Donne?

4. chris said

   on 8/25/2007

   Mary’s web site yields this link with information on the book, which might help: http://www.marynovik.com/about-conceit.htm

5. Tom said

   on 9/1/2007

   Thanks for the link, Chris… looks interesting!

6. Mary Novik said

   on 1/5/2008

   Thanks for posting that link, Chris. I’ve been pretty busy since Conceit was published by Doubleday Canada on September 1. It’s been a lot of fun, reading from the novel at various events. Now things are a bit quieter and I can think about starting a new book.

   BTW, there’s some interesting background information about John Donne at my website on the “backgrounds” page, http://www.marynovik.com/backgrounds.htm

   Mary

7. Mary Novik said

   on 1/13/2008

   I should have also said that, for those of you interested in poetry, I also post a new poem by John Donne on my website each month, with a short commentary. Most of them have figured in my novel Conceit in some way.

   I’ve just put up two new poems today at
   http://www.marynovik.com/pages/backgrounds/poem-by-john-donne1.htm