John Donne In The Shadow Of Religion

Author: Andrew Hadfield

Stock information

General Fields

Price : 39.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781789143935
Publisher : Reaktion Books, Limited
Imprint : Reaktion Books, Limited
Contained items :
Weight (g) :
Publication date : 15 April 2021
Dimensions : {"length"=>["21.6"], "width"=>["13.8"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
Produced in :
RRP : 39.99
Availability date :
Out of print date :
Agency :
Product Type : books

Special Fields

color :
size :
Author : Andrew Hadfield
Series : Renaissance Lives Ser.
Bind : Hardback
Edition : 2104
Illustrator :
Language :
Dewey classification : 821.3
Reading Level :
Library of Con LOCSH :
Pages : 256
BIC subject :
Illustrations :
Colour :
Session :
Deck :
Store Notes :
Translator :
Signed :

9781789143935

Description

John Donne: In the Shadow of Religion explores the life of one of the most significant figures of the English Renaissance. The book not only provides an overview of Donne's life and work, but connects his writing and thinking to the ideas, institutions, and networks that influenced him. The book shows how Donne's faith underpinned his career, from aspirational courtier to phenomenally successful clergyman and preacher, when he became dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Donne emerges as a figure obsessed with himself, tormented by the fear that his transgressions may have condemned him to eternal damnation. This fine new account uses Donne's correspondence, writing, and poetry to give a rounded portrait of a bold, experimental thinker, who was never afraid of taking risks that few others would have countenanced.