| Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Contributor(s): Donne, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1537510703 ISBN-13: 9781537510705 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Meditations |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, or in full Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and severall steps in my Sicknes, is a prose work by the English metaphysical poet and cleric in the Church of England John Donne, published in 1624. It covers death, rebirth and the Elizabethan concept of sickness as a visit from God, reflecting internal sinfulness. The Devotions were written in December 1623 as Donne recovered from a serious but unknown illness - believed to be relapsing fever or typhus. Having come close to death, he described the illness he had suffered from and his thoughts throughout his recovery with "near super-human speed and concentration". |