John Donne
A Literary Life
George Parfitt(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 22. February 1989
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-333-42212-0 (ISBN)
Description
This study does not set out to deal with all aspects of Donne's life and work. Rather, it aims to examine selected aspects of the life and work in the context of the times Donne lived in, seeking to emphasise those features which are most alive in our times. Particular emphasis is placed upon the period between Donne's marriage in 1601 and his ordination in 1615. The last period of his life and its main literary product, the sermons, are treated more briefly while the treatment of the early years is limited by the gaps in the surviving evidence. Both his poetry and his prose are seen less in purely aesthetic terms therefore, than as products of a difficult life lived at a difficult time.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
notes, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 148 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-42212-0 (9780333422120)
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Content
1572-1601: biographical outline, aspiration, the pattern revolved, satire and environment; 1601-1615: biographical outline; aspiration and frustration, towards ordination, writings - survey and milieu, poems and woman, poems and God; 1613-1632: biographical outline, Donne and preaching, doctrine, sermons as product, depression and death.