John Donne's performances
Subtitle: sermons, poems, letters and devotions
By: Margret Fetzer
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780719083440
Subjects: Correspondence; Vertelperspectief; English Sermons; Church of England; Clergy; English Poets; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: This is a comparative reading of Donne's poetry and prose, which eschews questions of personal or religious sincerity in order to recreate an image of John Donne as a man of many performances.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-306) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : beginning Donne; title: Pulpit performances : sermons; title: Promethean and protean performances : worldly poems; title: Passionate performances : poems erotic and divine; title: Patronage performances : letters; title: (Inter)personal performances : devotions; title: Conclusion : being Don(n)e; title: Bibliography; title: Index.