
Linking theological concepts with literary perspectives, Donne's God offers an engaging, revisionist account of some of the figure's most pivotal works and illuminates the intricacies of John Donne's religious thinking and sentiment. Taking a broad look at Donne's poetry...

His contemporaries recognised John Donne (1572-1631) as a completely new kind of poet. He was, wrote one enthusiast, 'Copernicus in Poetrie'. But in the winter of 1614-15 Donne abandoned part-time versification for full-time priestly ministry, quickly becoming one of the most...