232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 popular preachers of his time. While his verse has never been short of modern admirers, his sermons have recently begun to... Read more
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Donne’s Religion
Chapter 2 Divine Triplicity
Chapter 3 Blurred Boundaries
Chapter 4 God as Father
Chapter 5 God as Son
Chapter 6 God as Spirit
Chapter 7 The God of God
Biography
P. M. Oliver read English at Oxford and subsequently gained degrees in theology from the Universities of London and Edinburgh. His publications include Donne’s Religious Writing: A Discourse of Feigned Devotion (Longman, 1997) and John Donne: Selected Letters (Carcanet/Routledge, 2002).
