Super-Infinite
Biography, Non-Fiction, Literary Biography
Paperback Published on: 16/03/2023
£10.99
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"No man is an island, entire of itself" - the incomparable John Donne
I have been a devotee of John Donne’s poetry since my early twenties, and I love Katherine Rundell’s children’s books, so I was delighted to read this stun... READ MORE
Ultimate biography
A comprehensive and easily accessible biography of Jone Donne. Katherine Rundell's passion for the poet is clear from her writing. I very much enjoyed it.... READ MORE
A Marvellous Introduction to a Fascinating Figure
Before reading this biography, I had only been aware of Donne's most iconic poems and knew he had been a priest. Before becoming the latter however, 'Super... READ MORE
Compelling And Accessible
I studied Donne at university. His poetry was intriguing, dense and allusive, spiky and violent, erotic and beautiful. It was never not difficult though. S... READ MORE
A book actually as good as you've been told it is
If I'm approaching a book that has won a major prize, or else receives reviews and recognition for other reasons, I'm usually very cautious of setting my e... READ MORE
A super-accessible super-researched super-biography
Katherine Rundell is best known for her prize-winning children's fiction, but is also a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a writer for the London Re... READ MORE
Synopsis
Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing. In his myriad lives he was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, a priest, an MP - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language.
Along the way he converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was imprisoned for marrying a sixteen-year old girl without her father's consent; struggled to feed a family of ten children; and was often ill and in pain. He was a man who suffered from black surges of misery, yet expressed in his verse many breathtaking impressions of electric joy and love.
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571345922
- Number of pages: 352
- Weight: 292g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
Customer Reviews
View allAn admirable biography..
John Donne lived many lives; poet, rake, lawyer, lover, jailbird, and celebrity preacher to name but a few. If, like me, you knew a bit about Donne and his... READ MORE
Exquisite
Beautifully written with so many insights about his life, poetry, the era and its customs all interwoven to make a wonderful concoction. Such scholarship. ... READ MORE
Super-Infinite by Katherine Rundell
This book is a super read and using author's own words about reading Donne's sermons "a pleasure that is also work". The book is backed with so much fascin... READ MORE
A fascinating and extensively researched biography of John Donne
A fascinating insight into John Donne's life. I have previously enjoyed his romantic poetry particularly 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning' to which ther... READ MORE
Thoughtful, incisive, revealing and superbly readable.
I loved this book.
It covers the themes that defined Donne and the many sides to this brilliant poet.
This is not a bio in that it doesn’t move chronol... READ MORE
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