Devotions, together with Death's Duel

by John Donne, Izaak Walton (Introduction)

Overview

Born into an aristocratic Catholic family, Donne joined the Church of England at the age of twenty-one out of fear of persecution. At the age of forty-three, he gave up his preoccupations with secular prestige and devoted himself utterly to religion. It was eight years later when, battered with fever, the deaths of his beloved wife, several of his children, and many dear lifelong friends, he composed Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161241646
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	948 KB

About the Author

John Donne was an English poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to that of his contemporaries.