Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death’s Duel - Softcover

Donne, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1481186981 ISBN 13: 9781481186988

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1481186981
• ISBN 13: 9781481186988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172
• Illustrator: Struik Alex