Izaak Walton on Donne and Herbert - The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr

Summary

Donne and Herbert are well-remembered as great English religious and metaphysical poets, but all five of the lives examined in this book, perhaps the earliest pieces of "professional" biography in English, were equally fascinating to Izaak Walton.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Holmes
• Assisted by: Richard Holmes (Editor), Holmes Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780007111749
• ISBN: 978-0-00-711174-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets