John Donne: The Reformed Soul: A Biography"Elegantly written, psychologically and historically astute."—Los Angeles Times Book Review From scholar to buccaneer, from outcast to establishment figure, John Donne emerged as one of the greatest English poets. Following Donne from Plague-ridden streets to palaces, from taverns to the pulpit of St Paul's, John Stubbs's "exemplary literary biography" (Harold Bloom) is a vivid portrait of an extraordinary writer and his country at a time of bewildering and cruel transformation. |
Contents
The Den | 3 |
Henry | 21 |
Cadiz | 47 |
The Islands | 63 |
Captain Donne | 80 |
The Secretary | 86 |
Lost Words | 109 |
The Rebels | 126 |
A Valediction to the World | 286 |
Stone | 317 |
The Torn Ship | 332 |
Clay | 352 |
The Spouse | 378 |
Devotions | 398 |
The Old Player | 407 |
The Reprimand | 433 |
The Member | 144 |
The Undoing | 154 |
Sunrise | 177 |
The Close Prison at Mitcham | 204 |
Irregularities | 231 |
The Apparition | 261 |
The Likeness | 445 |
Afterword | 475 |
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Acknowledgements | 535 |
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