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John Donne: Man of Flesh and Spirit
Book by Edwards, David L.
- GenresBiography
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First published May 21, 2001
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November 2, 2025
Very informative and well-researched, but no discernible thesis or through-line, which made it feel quite ambling and unfocussed.
February 25, 2018
An excellent biography.
June 26, 2013
The structure weakened the book for me. First part was a biographical synopsis but with little attention to his poetry, most of this was pretty bloodless. The middle part was mostly devoted to gently chiding Izaak Walton for being to hagiographical & then giving John Carey's book a well-deserved trouncing. The third part goes over the poems & sermons & this makes the biography part come alive. If Edwards had gone through the life with discussion of the poems as he went along & refuting Walton & Carey at apposite places, the book would have worked better. Discussions of the poetry & sermons is thoughtful.
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