Editing John Donne (section)

===In literature===
After Donne's death, a number of poetical tributes were paid to him, of which one of the principal (and most difficult to follow) was his friend [[Lord Herbert of Cherbury]]'s "Elegy for Doctor Donne".<ref name="Herbert"/> Posthumous editions of Donne's poems were accompanied by several "Elegies upon the Author" over the course of the next two centuries.{{sfn|Donne|1633|p=373}} Six of these were written by fellow churchmen, others by such courtly writers as [[Thomas Carew]], [[Sidney Godolphin (poet)|Sidney Godolphin]] and [[Endymion Porter]]. In 1963 came [[Joseph Brodsky]]'s "The Great Elegy for John Donne".{{sfn|Maxton|1983|pp=62–64}}

Beginning in the 20th century, several historical novels appeared taking as their subject various episodes in Donne's life. His courtship of Anne More is the subject of [[Elizabeth Gray Vining]]'s ''Take Heed of Loving Me: A novel about John Donne'' (1963)<ref name="NYROB"/> and Maeve Haran's ''The Lady and the Poet'' (2010).{{sfn|Haran|2009|p=}} Both characters also make interspersed appearances in [[Mary Novik]]'s ''[[Conceit (novel)|Conceit]]'' (2007), where the main focus is on their rebellious daughter Pegge. English treatments include [[Garry O'Connor (writer)|Garry O'Connor]]'s ''Death's Duel: a novel of John Donne'' (2015), which deals with the poet as a young man.<ref name="O'Connor"/>

He also plays a significant role in Christie Dickason's ''The Noble Assassin'' (2012), a novel based on the life of Donne's patron and (the author claims) his lover, [[Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford]].{{sfn|Dickason|2011|p=}} Finally there is Bryan Crockett's ''Love's Alchemy: a John Donne Mystery'' (2015), in which the poet, blackmailed into service in Robert Cecil's network of spies, attempts to avert political disaster and at the same time outwit Cecil.{{sfn|Crockett|2015|p=}}