John Donne
A Selection Of His Poetry
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- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1985
Summary
Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne (1572-1631) was also among the most intriguing figures of the Elizabethan age. A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became one of the most admired Protestant preachers of his time.
The Selected Poems reflects this wide diversity, and includes his youthful Songs and Sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, and the profoundly moving Divine Poem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140585186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140585184 |
| Author: | John Hayward, John Donne |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1985 |
| Weight: | 144g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Poetry Library |
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About The Author
John Hayward
John Donne was born into a Catholic family in 1572. After a conventional education at Hart Hall, Oxford, and Lincoln’s Inn, he took part in the Earl of Essex’s expedition to the Azores in 1597. He secretly married Anne More in December 1601, and was imprisoned by her father, Sir George, in the Fleet two months later. He was ordained priest in January 1615, and proceeded to a Doctorate of Divinity at Cambridge in April of that year. In 1621 he was made Dean of St. Paul’s in London, a post which he held until his death in 1631. He is famous for the sermons he preached in his later years as well as for his poems.
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