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Title: John Donne: In the shadow of religion
Author: HADFIELD ANDREW
Illustrator: 31 ILLUSTRATIONS, 20 IN COLOUR
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/04/2021
Imprint: REAKTION
Price: $40.00
Publishing status: Active
A new account of the life and work of poet, scholar, soldier and cleric John Donne.
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.
Series: Renaissance Lives
ISBN: 9781789143935
Dimension: 216mm X 138mm