John Donne's Physics

by Elizabeth D. Harvey and Timothy M. Harrison

Book Overview

A reimagining of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions as an original treatment of human life shaped by innovations in seventeenth-century science and medicine.

In 1624, poet and preacher John Donne published Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, a book that recorded his near-death experience during a deadly epidemic in London. Four hundred years later, in the aftermath of our own pandemic, Harvey and Harrison show how Devotions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226833518
• ISBN13: 9780226833514
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"