John Donne, body and soul / Ramie Targoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Targoff, Ramie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation.

Donne, John.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Religion.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Philosophy.

Body and soul in literature.

Christianity and literature--England--History--16th century.

Christianity and literature.

Christianity and literature--England--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For centuries readers have struggled to fuse the seemingly scattered pieces of Donne's works into a complete image of the poet and priest. In John Donne, Body and Soul, Ramie Targoff offers a way to read Donne as a writer who returned again and again to a single great subject, one that connected to his deepest intellectual and emotional concerns. Reappraising Donne's oeuvre in pursuit of the struggles and commitments that connect his most disparate works, Targoff convincingly shows that Donne believed throughout his life in the mutual necessity of body an

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Letters

2. Songs and Sonnets

3. The Anniversaries

4. Holy Sonnets

5. Devotions

6. Deaths Duell

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-203) and index.

ISBN:

9786611966638

9781281966636

1281966630

9780226789781

0226789780

OCLC:

310981876