Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel
Author | : John Donne |
Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781616402914 |
ISBN-13 | : 1616402911 |
Rating | : 4/5 (911 Downloads) |
Download or read book Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel written by John Donne and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the writer's 1624 collection of meditations, debates with God, and prayers on the human condition-particularly earthly physical sickness and health-this volume contains the 1631 work "Death's Duel," a sermon said to be his own funeral oration, which he preached shortly before his own death. Readers of 17th-century literature, religious devotionals, and ponderers of human mortality are sure to find something profound in this fascinating, famous work. British metaphysical poet JOHN DONNE (1572-1631), renowned for his satires on English society, wrote this prose work in the latter part of his life, after he became an Anglican priest.