John Donne The Reformed Soul A Biography [Paperback]

From scholar to buccaneer, from outcast to establishment figure, John Donne emerged as one of the greatest English poets. Following Donne from Plague-ridden streets to palaces, from taverns to the pulpit of St Paul's, John Stubbs's exemplary literary biography (Harold Bloom) is a vivid portrait of an extraordinary writer and his country at a time of bewildering and cruel transformation. Elegantly written, psychologically and historically astute.