John Donne: Life, Mind and Art by John Carey (PDF)

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Donne is perhaps the most intellectual of English poets, and John Carey is perhaps the most intelligent of contemporary English literary critics. The encounter, as one might expect, is fierce and enthralling… This book is sensitive, searching, powerful, exciting, provocative and witty. It is a superb achievement.’ Christopher Hill, TLSJohn Donne: Life, Mind and Art is a unique attempt to see Donne whole. Beginning with an account of his life, it takes as its domain not only the whole range of the poetry, but also the sermons, the letters, the spiritual and controversial works, and such highly personal documents as the treatise on suicide. The result is a clearer picture than has hitherto emerged of one of the most intricate and compelling of literary personalities.’The one book we have needed all along… A magnificent exercise in reappraisal. I have never read a critical work which reaches as deeply inside the mind of its subject.’ Jonathan Raban, Sunday Times’Carey’s book is itself alive with the kind of energy it attributes to Donne.’ Christopher Ricks, London Review of Books

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⭐Excellent, perceptive and trenchant intellectual biography of an enigmatic yet towering literary figure.

⭐this is quite a good book about John Donne by a man who does not seem to respect him very much. He’s very good on the life; Donne was anything but a natural clergyman. He was a courtier and soldier who sought preferment and King James promised preferment only if he took holy orders. And that was a scandal because neither his life nor poetry were holy. He was highly ambitious in the most worldly way. He was shallow although a great wit. Still, his ability to handle words and ideas was boundless. In other words, he was, without being pejorative about it, clever. He did not have much sympathy for others or as the fashionable word has it, he lacked empathy—but the poems sparkle like gold with embedded gems. As always professor Carey has a wonderful way with quotations; the quotes alone are worth the price of admission.

⭐A very valuable work to read and studyon Donne’s mind and character.Reminded me of Ramie Targoff’s (2008).Overall, a masterpiece. In some particulars,like the analysis of “Air and Angels,” I findPeter DeSa Wigins (2000) much more profound.

⭐John Carey is a magnificent literary critic and his work on Donne is compulsively readable. Not only does it illuminate the poet and his life, but gives a compelling picture of the world in which he lived and wrote, in particular the complex religious tensions. If you are studying Donne, begin by reading this. If you are studying Dickens, look out for Carey’s book on him, too.

⭐A very well researched book that was a fascinating read both historically and poetically. A suprising page turner

⭐Loved it, contains useful information.

⭐Very focused and convincing treatment of Donne’s main, recurring thoughts and themes. Leaves the reader with a more developmental appreciation of the writer.

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