Holy Delight : Typology, Numerology, and Autobiography in Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions /

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Composed on the occasion of the poet's near-fatal bout with typhus in 1623, the Devotions contains the essential germ of John Donne's mature thought, embodied in obscurely structured verse/prose divisions. Because of its seeming digressiveness, critics have struggled to understand this mos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frost, Kate Gartner (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1119
Temas:
Autobiography in literature.
Devotional literature, English > History and criticism.
Symbolism of numbers in literature.
Typology (Theology) > History of doctrines.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Illustrations and Charts
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER I. The Devotions and the Tradition of Devotional Literature
  • CHAPTER II. The Devotions and Spiritual Autobiography
  • CHAPTER III. Personal and Political Typology in the Devotions
  • CHAPTER IV. Donne and the Tradition of Number Symbolism
  • CHAPTER V. Structural Significance in the Devotions
  • CHAPTER VI. An Afterword
  • APPENDIX. Ocular Proof: The Spiritual Autobiography of Opicinus de Canistris
  • Index

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