Bald, R. C., John Donne: A Life, edited by Wesley Milgate, Oxford University Press, 1970.

Considered the definitive biography of Donne's life and time.

Carey, John, John Donne: Life, Mind, and Art, Oxford University Press, 1981.

A study of Donne's works that takes into consideration the poet's life and his religious beliefs, with an emphasis on his Catholic roots.

Ferry, Anne, All in War with Time: Love Poetry of Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Marvell, Harvard University Press, 1975.

A study of the love poetry of Donne and several of his contemporaries.