Donne's Religious Writing: A Discourse of Feigned Devotion

ISBN-13: 9780582250178 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 302 str.

Oliver, P. M.

Opis

Offers an introduction to the entire canon of John Donne's religious writing, seeking to make its political and theological context fully accessible. This text focuses on the precise historical and political circumstances of Donne's life, and examines his prose works, essays and sermons.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements  Introduction: The two Donnes.  Chapter 1: From Catholic to Protestant  Chapter 2: The individual and the state.Satire III.'The Cross'  Chapter 3: The art of devotion.'A Litany'.La Corona  Chapter 4: Sighs and tears: the Holy Sonnets  Chapter 5: The originality of the Holy Sonnets  Chapter 6: Tracts for the times. Biathanatos.Pseudo-Martyr.Ignatius His Conclave.Essays in Divinity  Chapter 7: Revelations of self  Chapter 8: The art of death  Chapter 9: Recollections of the player-preacher  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

P. M. Oliver