John Donne
John Donne ( ; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires. He is also known for his sermons.Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society. Another important theme in Donne's poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and about which he often theorised. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.
Despite his great education and poetic talents, Donne lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. He spent much of the money he inherited during and after his education on womanising, literature, pastimes and travel. In 1601, Donne secretly married Anne More, with whom he had twelve children. In 1615 he was ordained Anglican deacon and then priest, although he did not want to take holy orders and only did so because the king ordered it. He served as a member of Parliament in 1601 and in 1614. Provided by Wikipedia
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Devotions vpon emergent occasions and severall steps in my sicknesse : digested into I. Meditations, upon our humane condition, 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God, 3. Pray... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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A sermon vpon the XV. verse of the XX. chapter of the booke of Ivdges : wherein occasion was iustly taken for the publication of some reasons, which His Sacred Maiestie had been pl... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Devotions upon emergent occasions, and severall steps in my sicknesse : digested into 1. Meditations, upon our humane condition, 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God, 3. Pr... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Deuotions vpon emergent occasions and seuerall steps in my sicknes : digested into I. Meditations vpon our humane condition, 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God, 3. Prayers... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Ignatius his conclaue : or his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr; concerning the disposition of Iesuits, the creation of a... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Deaths duell, or, A consolation to the soule, against the dying life, and liuing death of the body : Deliuered in a sermon at White Hall, before the Kings Maiesty, in the beginning... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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An anatomy of the vvorld : Wherein, by occasion of the vntimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury the frailty and the decay of this whole world is represented. by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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The first anniuersarie : An anatomie of the vvorld. Wherein, by occasion of the vntimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury, the frailtie and the decay of this whole world is represe... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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An anatomie of the world : Wherein, by occasion of the vntimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury, the frailtie and the decay of this whole world is represented. The first anniuersa... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Ignatius his conclave : or, his inthronisation in a late election in hell: wherin many things are mingled by way of satyr. Concerning the disposition of Iesuites, the creation of a... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Deuotions vpon emergent occasions, and seuerall steps in my sicknes : digested into 1. Meditations vpon our humane condition. 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God. 3. Prayer... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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A sermon, preached to the Kings Mtie. at Whitehall, 24 Febr. 1625. By Iohn Donne Deane of Saint Pauls, London. And now by his Maiestes [sic] commandment published by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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A sermon vpon the viii. verse of the I. chapter of the Acts of the Apostles : Preach'd to the Honourable Company of the Virginian Plantation, 13⁰. Nouemb. 1622. By Iohn Donne Deane... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Iuuenilia: or, Certaine paradoxes and problemes, / by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Iuuenilia or Certaine paradoxes and problemes, written by I. Donne by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Pseudo-martyr : Wherein out of certaine propositions and gradations, this conclusion is euicted. That those which are of the Romane religion in this kingdome, may and ought to take... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Six sermons upon severall occasions : preached before the King, and elsewhere: by that late learned & reverend divine John Donne, Doctour in divinitie, and Dean of S. Pauls, London... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Two sermons preached before King Charles, upon the xxvi verse of the first chapter of Genesis. By Dr. Donne Dean of Pauls by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Deuotions vpon emergent occasions, and seuerall steps in my sicknes : digested into 1. Meditations vpon our humane condition. 2. Expostulations, and debatements with God. 3. Prayer... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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Ignatius his conclave; or, His inthronisation in a late election in hell : Wherein many things are mingled by way of satyr. Concerning the disposition of Iesuits, the creation of a... by Donne, John, 1572-1631
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