Harvey, Professor Elizabeth D.
John Donne's Physics
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226833514
- author:
- Harvey, Professor Elizabeth D.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
John Donne's Physics explores how the poet and preacher's work reflects his understanding of human life in light of scientific discoveries. In 1624, John Donne published Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, a book that recorded his near-death experience during a deadly epidemic. Four hundred years later, Elizabeth D. Harvey and Timothy M. Harrison argue that this work showcases Donne's unique literary form, which uses poetic techniques to depict his encounter with death in a world transformed by new knowledge systems. This reimagining of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions reveals how Donne saw human life through the lens of seventeenth-century science and medicine. The book offers a fresh perspective on Donne's thinking and its enduring relevance in today's world.
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