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John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit Paperback – August 1, 2002

by David Edwards (Author)

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John Donne is best known as a poet of live, brilliantly able to recreate a man's experience of emotions and realities. But he is also a poet of the spiritual journey. His religious poems speak of shame, fear and self-concious complexity and doubt, but his sermons can soar into a word-music seldom equalled, or can condense theology into epigrams as witty as those which date from his youthful lusts. He fascinates because he is a man battered by sex - and by God. David Edwards has written an extremely readable book which ranges over all Donne's poetry and prose, and relates the literature to what is known or probable about his life. He takes twentieth-century research and criticism into careful account but aims to provide more than a detailed examination of a limited part of the subject. He is not sentimental about Donne's faults and limitations, and he does not try to sound superior to either the poet or the preacher. His aim is to achieve a portrait of a living man, a man who both suffered and gloried in his experience of flesh and spirit. David L. Edwards retired as Provost of Southwark Cathedral in 1994. He was formerly a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Editor of the SCM Press, Dean of King's College, Cambridge, and a Canon of Westminster Abbey and the Speaker's Chaplain in the House of Commons.

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Paperback: 396 pages
Publisher: Continuum (August 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0826463797
ISBN-13: 978-0826463791
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
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Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,855,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #10508 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Themes & Styles > Inspirational & Religious

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Charles H. Howell

Interesting look at a man of the world as the most popular minister of his day

October 31, 2013

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This is the first biography of Donne that I've read and I found it interesting and intriguing as a study of a man of the world become one of the most popular preachers of his day. I believe I would have enjoyed him as a friend and as a preacher. What he might have lacked in theology he made up for in sharing from his experiences.

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Is This the Same Book?

November 5, 2005

Format: Paperback

Not simply to engage with the previous reviewer, but I must wonder if we are reading the same book? Edwards' volume on Donne presents a very human view of the complicated individual that Donne was; very far from hagiography. Donne's own distinctive place in the Church of England of his time - and what we would now call Anglicanism - is vividly presented. This book does seem to me to be well informed in terms of literatary criticism and engages responsibly with Donne scholarship across the spectrum. The poetry is not disparaged; it's just not the main focus. This would be a fine introduction to Donne's theological and homiletical work.

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Sharon Andrews

Donne Undone Again

February 25, 2003

Format: Paperback

This "biography/criticism" of John Donne does little more than reveal Mr. Edwards' own prejudices. As a theologian, Mr. Edwards showcases his contempt for Donne's early life and work, and uses Donne's later sermons and religious poems to display his own religious erudition. Mr. Edwards appears to see Donne as nothing but an Anglican apologist. The book shows limited understanding of historical or literary criticism, and scant sympathy with Donne's very human struggles. This book merely reinforces the already muddled body of Donne scholarship.

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