Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel (Unabridged)

di John Donne (Autore)

Jacinta Strong (Narratore)

Slingshot Books LLC, 2022

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness. The work consists of twenty-three parts describing each stage of the sickness. Each part is further divided into a Meditation, an Expostulation , and a Prayer. The work is an excellent example of seventeenth century English spirituality and sometimes feels a bit dated. Yet much solid nourishment can be found. “Death’s Duel” is Donne’s last sermon prepared for presentation before the King during Lent; it is commonly seen as Donne’s own funeral oration. The biographical material is from Izaak Walton’s Lives. The most famous part of the Devotions is number XVII , containing these lines: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. >/p>

• Autore: John Donne
• Narratore: Jacinta Strong
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 09:09:09
• Anno edizione: 2022
• Editore: Slingshot Books LLC
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9798822573000