Books by A. J. Smith

The epic conclusion to the Form & Void trilogy. Ages end and the sea rises. As the sea rises, so too does the old world.

English metaphysical poetry, from Donne to Marvell, is notoriously witty. In this 1992 book, A. J. Smith seeks the reason for the central importance of wit in the thinking of the metaphysical poets and argues that metaphysical wit is essentially different from other modes of wit current in Renaissance Europe.