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Can I read John Donne: A Literary Life (Literary Lives) on EtoBox?
John Donne: A Literary Life (Literary Lives) by George A. E. Parfitt is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is John Donne: A Literary Life (Literary Lives) about?
John Donne's individuality has been heavily stressed in the twentieth century. This book recognises the individuality of Donne's writing, but aims to relate this to the particular circumstances of his life and to the pressures of the period in which Donne lived. Both his poetry and his prose are seen less in purely aesthetic terms, therefore, than as products of a difficult life lived at a difficult time.
Who reads John Donne: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- George A. E. Parfitt
- Publisher
- THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780333422137
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Linguistics, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25