John Donne's physics / Elizabeth D. Harvey & Timothy M. Harrison.
| Author/creator | Harvey, Elizabeth D. author. |
| Other author | Harrison, Timothy M., author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Threshold Physics -- Donne's Experience -- The Time of the Body -- Changing Genres -- The History of Words -- The Physician Calls -- Translating the Soul. |
| Abstract | "With the anniversary of Donne's brilliant and difficult Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions coming up in 2024, Elizabeth Harvey and Timothy Harrison's John Donne's Physics is a timely study that provides fresh readings of the Devotions in relation to all of Donne's other writings. Previous scholarship has focused on Donne "the cleric" and the religious, pastoral significance of his work and thought. Harvey and Harrison show us another side of "the pastoral poet": as a thinker immersed in the latest developments in science and medicine of the time, and a participant in debates on natural philosophy and physics of his day. Rereading the Devotions alongside Donne's love poetry, satire, letters, and elegies, Harvey and Harrison shed new light on Donne, on his experience of the 1623 typhus epidemic in London that inspired his writing of the Devotions, and how we might think with Donne during our own pandemic times"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2023043803 |
| ISBN | 9780226833514 |
| ISBN | 9780226833507 hardcover |
| ISBN | 022683350X hardcover |
| ISBN | 0226833518 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |