Renaissance Lives #: John Donne

In the Shadow of Religion

Renaissance Lives #: John Donne
Andrew Hadfield
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Hardback
h216 x 138mm - 272pg
15 Mar 2021 UK
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9781789143935
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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.

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"Hadfield' s exemplary study of John Donne--a notoriously ' difficult' writer--is lucid and informative, yet always ready to probe towards new interpretations. Exploring lesser-known corners of Donne' s extensive output, he celebrates the ' capacious and interconnected' imagination of this complex, charismatic figure. "--Charles Nicholl, author of "The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street" "The great achievement of Hadfield' s book, and what sets it apart, is how convincingly it connects the seemingly disparate strands of Donne' s life and work--his lifelong struggle with matters of the soul, his paradoxical erotic and religious poetry, his marriage, his friendships, his sermons--allowing us to see above all Donne the brilliant and restless thinker. "--James Shapiro, author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
Andrew Hadfield is professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is the author of a number of works on early modern literature and culture, including Lying in Early Modern Culture, Edmund Spenser: A Life, and Shakespeare and Republicanism.
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ISBN-13: 9781789143935
Published: 15 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 272

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