Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (985 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375705481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 234 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Paul's Cathedral, preached only a month before his death at age 59. Also included is Izaak Walton's The Life of Dr. This is a book of severe and joyful mortality. Here is a foretaste from Devotions: "Death is in an old man's door, he appears and tells him so, and death is at a young man's back, and says nothing. Andrew Motion's clear, accessible, entertaining, and erudite introduction explains the situation of both Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions--written in 1624, when Donne was feeble with a fever that doctors believed might kill him--and Death's Duel--Donne's final sermon at St. And then there is the meat: both Devotions and Death's Duel show Donne at his very best--theatrical, humble, faithful, and doubting all at once. There is scarce anything that hath not killed somebody; a hair, a feather
TheFuzzyMuzzle said Library quality. This hardback is library bound with a heavy-duty dust jacket. The paper is also heavy weight and high quality. If you're a collector, this edition is definitely worth the extra twenty dollars over the paperback version. First rate.. This may be the only place to get a new hardbound copy of this book. I enjoy reading the work of John Donne. I also prefer hardbound books. This may be the only place to get a new hardbound copy of this book.. Five Stars DJ7red Excellent book.
At the age of forty-three, he gave up his preoccupations with secular prestige and devoted himself utterly to religion. 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. Born into an aristocratic Catholic family, Donne joined the Church of England at the age of twenty-one out of fear of persecution. This long out of prin