Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

Originally published in 1923, this book contains an edition of John Donne's Devotions, which were first printed in 1624.

John Donne (Author), John Sparrow (Edited by)

9781107463608, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 January 2015

202 pages
23.5 x 19.1 x 1.1 cm, 0.36 kg

Originally published in 1923, this book contains an edition of John Donne's Devotions, which were first printed in 1624. Donne wrote these passionate and 'unadorned' meditations during a severe sickness that he feared was life-threatening, and the text consequently provides an intimate portrait of Donne that is lacking from many of his other writings. A brief biography of Donne and a bibliographical note are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life and spirituality of John Donne or in his contributions to seventeenth-century religious thought.

Introduction
Bibliographical note
Facsimile of the title-page of 1624
The epistle dedicatorie
Stationes, sive periodi in morbo, ad quas referuntur meditationes sequentes
Devotions
Notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]