Frances Austin The Language of the Metaphysical Poets. St. Martin's Press, 1992. The Language of Literature. 0312068859 xv/195 pages. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9", is bound in brown cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. "...examines the language of the five best-known metaphysical poets, Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughn and Traherne. She shows how the characteristics of their vocabulary, figurative language, syntactical structures and versification reflect their individual attitudes towards their shared Christian faith, which is the subject matter of most of their poetry. The diversity of language, albeit having a common basis, is demonstrated in the course of this study."