John Donne: The Reformed Soul - Hardcover
John Donne's life story is inextricably tied up with the fabric of a society in the throes of religious persecution. His family had long been subject to the terror inflicted upon Catholics under the reign of Elizabeth I, and while his brother languished in prison, and his mother and uncles fled to exile in Europe, Donne was consumed by the question of his own faith and by trying to figure out what it is that connects human beings - and keeps them apart.
In his biography of Donne, John Stubbs chronicles not only a long and bitter sectarian conflict, but also the love story of a young couple who broke the rules of their society, and paid the ultimate price.
From the raucous streets of late sixteenth-century London to the personal and political intrigues of Donne's family and public life, from the horrors of the Reformation to the delight of Donne's poetry, John Stubbs' book is a vivid, dazzling biography of an extraordinary man, as well as a compelling portrait of England at a time of bewildering transformation.
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'Commanding biography' -- Daily Mail
'Extraordinarily accomplished' -- Mail on Sunday
'Highly readable . . . dashing as well as detailed' -- Guardian
'Magnificent . . . excellent . . . remarkable' -- Daily Telegraph
'Rich, generous and capacious' -- Hilary Spurling, Observer
'This remarkable book will reveal Donne to a new generation. It should propel Stubbs into the first rank of biographers' -- Peter Ackroyd, The Times
‘Impressive . . . Fluent, assured and on fire with ideas and
enthusiasm, excels at providing Donne with a living context’
-- Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times
‘One of the best literary biographies I have ever read. Fizzing prose . . . [Stubbs] has the authentic dash of Donne himself' -- Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph
‘The best life of Donne which I for one have ever read . . . marvellous’ -- Robert Nye, Literary Review
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'Extraordinarily accomplished' -- Mail on Sunday
'Highly readable . . . dashing as well as detailed' -- Guardian
'Magnificent . . . excellent . . . remarkable' -- Daily Telegraph
'Rich, generous and capacious' -- Hilary Spurling, Observer
'This remarkable book will reveal Donne to a new generation. It should propel Stubbs into the first rank of biographers' -- Peter Ackroyd, The Times
‘Impressive . . . Fluent, assured and on fire with ideas and
enthusiasm, excels at providing Donne with a living context’
-- Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times
‘One of the best literary biographies I have ever read. Fizzing prose . . . [Stubbs] has the authentic dash of Donne himself' -- Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph
‘The best life of Donne which I for one have ever read . . . marvellous’ -- Robert Nye, Literary Review
John Stubbs was born in 1977 and studied English at Oxford and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge where he completed a doctorate in 2005. Donne: The Reformed Soul was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Reprobates was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0670915106
- ISBN 13 9780670915101
- BindingHardcover
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