John Donne

Name: John Donne
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A Selection Of His Poetry

By John Donne and John Hayward

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John Donne by John Donne, with an introduction and notes by John Hayward, delves into the profound and influential works of the renowned poet and preacher. Blending together religious and secular themes, Donne's poetry and prose reflect a deep exploration of love, mortality, and human experience. This collection serves as an insightful window into the mind of a pivotal figure in English literature, making it an essential read for those interested in the interplay between art and culture.
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You might enjoy this collection if you're captivated by exploring the interplay between love, spirituality, and wit expressed through powerful and timeless poetry. Delve into the works of a master poet whose eloquent verses and innovative style have profoundly influenced the English literary tradition.

John Donne

A collection of poems of the author including "Divine Poems", "The Flea", and "Holy Sonnets". It also includes the author's youthful songs and sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters and satires.

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.

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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.

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 Poems composed towards the end of his life. From joyful poems such as 'The Flea', which transforms the image of a louse into something marvellous, to the intimate and intense Holy Sonnets, Donne breathed new vigour into poetry by drawing lucid and often startling metaphors from the world in which he lived.

His poems remain among the most passionate, profound, and spiritual in the English language.

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ISBN: 9780140585186

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 January 1986

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 144g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

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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