Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel

Resumen del libro

John Donne (1572-1631) is best known as the greatest English metaphysical poet. But there was another dimension to Donne's life and writing that, if less well known, is no less profound and beautiful.
Born into an aristocratic Catholic family, Donne joined the Church of England at the age of twenty-one out of fear of persecution. At the age of forty-three, he gave up his preoccupations with secular prestige and devoted himself utterly to religion. It was eight years later when, battered with fever, the deaths of his beloved wife, several of his children, and many dear lifelong friends, he composed Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. There is both trauma and great drama in this extended meditation on the meaning of mortality, the possibility of salvation, and the true nature of the passage of eternal life. With a new introduction by poet and biographer Andrew Motion, one of the most revered books of Christian devotion speaks to us again of the higher aspirations of man and the always-present possibility of a relationship with God.
This long out of print edition also contains Donne's last sermon, "Death's Duel" as well as the short colorful biography of him written by his contemporary Izaak Walton.

Biografía del autor

John Donne, poeta, prosista y clérigo inglés, es considerado el más importante de los poetas metafísicos de la literatura universal. A excepción de Sonetos sagrados (1618), la mayor parte de su obra no se publicó hasta después de 1633, año en que falleció. En 1621 Jacobo I le nombró deán de la catedral de San Pablo, puesto que ocupó hasta sus últimos días.