| Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duel Contributor(s): Struik, Alex (Illustrator), Donne, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481186981 ISBN-13: 9781481186988 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Philosophy - Religion | Devotional |
| Dewey: 242 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.53 lbs) 174 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - New Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: John Donne (24 January 1572 - 31 March 1631) was an English poet, satirist, lawyer and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. This book contains two of his most famous works - "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions" and "Death's Duel". Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by John Donne, who dedicated it to the future King Charles I. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness, believed to be either typhus or relapsing fever. (Donne does not clearly identify the disease in his text.) He describes this as a "preternatural birth, in returning to life, from this sickness". The work consists of twenty-three parts ('devotions') describing each stage of the sickness. Each part is further divided into a Meditation, an Expostulation, and a Prayer. |