Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Essays & Short Works, Christianity - Other

Authors: John Donne In Year : 1959

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel

01 The Life Of Dr John Donne Part 1
02 The Life Of Dr John Donne Part 2
03 Devotions - Introduction
04 Devotion I (1)
05 Devotion II (2)
06 Devotion III (3)
07 Devotion IV (4)
08 Devotion V (5)
09 Devotion VI (6)
10 Devotion VII (7)
11 Devotion VIII (8)
12 Devotion IX (9)
13 Devotion X (10)
14 Devotion XI (11)
15 Devotion XII (12)
16 Devotion XIII (13)
17 Devotion XIV (14)
18 Devotion XV (15)
19 Devotion XVI (16)
20 Devotion XVII (17)
21 Devotion XVIII (18)
22 Devotion XIX (19)
23 Devotion XX (20)
24 Devotion XXI (21)
25 Devotion XXII (22)
26 Devotion XXIII (23)
Death's Duel

Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It is a series of reflections that were written as Donne recovered from a serious illness. The work consists of twenty-three parts ('devotions') describing each stage of the sickness. Each part is further divided into a Meditation, an Expostulation (or objection) , and a Prayer. The work is an excellent example of seventeenth century English spirituality and sometimes feels a bit dated. Yet much solid nourishment can be found. “Death’s Duel” is Donne’s last sermon prepared for presentation before the King during Lent; it is commonly seen as Donne’s own funeral oration. The biographical material is from Izaak Walton’s Lives. The most famous part of the Devotions is number XVII (17), containing these lines: No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee. (Summary by Wikipedia and David Wales)>/p>