John Donne: 'Sermons Preached at the Jacobean Courts, 1619-1625' (Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume II)

本项目将制作约翰·多恩（John Donne）在1619年至1625年间布道的12篇詹姆士一世宫廷布道的准确和完整注释版，以满足当今学者，本科生和普通读者的需求。它将作为牛津版约翰·多恩布道集的第二卷出版。旨在取代目前的标准版本（乔治·波特和伊夫林·辛普森的约翰·多恩的布道（洛杉矶和伯克利，1953-62）），它将被编辑到最高的学术和书目标准目前获得。这些文本将基于对早期印刷本和手稿的仔细研究，以及与多恩作品出版的过程和背景有关的当前硬拷贝和在线资源。根据牛津版的文本政策，这些文本将在大多数情况下反映多恩布道的最早版本。布道将按布道地点分组，而不是根据推测的年代；这个方案反映了最近学术界的判断，即布道地点和预期听众应该是理解多恩任何布道的起点。对读者来说，一个特别有用的特点是，与波特和辛普森的版本完全没有评论不同，新版本将有完整的解释性注释。这将使这些作品更容易理解地放在相关的背景中，不仅包括多恩的生活和其他作品，以及更广泛的历史形势，还包括当代关于神学教义、国内和国际政治、社会制度（如教会、国家和家庭）的辩论，以及有关教义伦理应用的问题，如个人良心的解决。这些注释将使二十一世纪的广大读者更容易阅读、理解和欣赏这位主要作家的作品。

This project will produce an accurate and fully annotated edition of 12 Jacobean court sermons by John Donne (preached between 1619 and 1625) which will address the needs of today's scholars, undergraduates, and the general reader. It will be published as Volume II of the Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne. Intended to replace the current standard edition (George Potter's and Evelyn Simpson's The Sermons of John Donne (Los Angeles & Berkeley, 1953-62)), it will be edited to the highest scholarly and bibliographical standards currently obtaining. The texts will be based on close study of early printed copies and manuscripts, and on current hard-copy and online resources relating to the processes and context through which Donne's works reached print. In line with the textual policy of the Oxford Edition, the texts will in most cases reflect the earliest version of Donne's sermons. The sermons will be grouped by place of preaching, rather than according to speculative chronology; this scheme reflects recent scholarship's judgement that preaching venue and intended auditory should be the starting place for understanding any sermon by Donne. A particularly useful feature for readers will be that, unlike Potter & Simpson's edition, which has no commentary at all, the new edition will have full explanatory annotation. This will place these works much more comprehensibly in relevant contexts, including not only Donne's life and other writings, and the wider historical situation, but also contemporary debates about theological doctrine, domestic and international politics, social institutions (such as church, state, and family), and questions concerning the ethical application of doctrine, such as the resolution of individual conscience. The notes will make it more practicable for a wide range of twenty-first-century readers to read, understand, and enjoy the work of this major writer.