Holy delight : typology, numerology, and autobiography in Donne's Devotions upon emergent occasions / Kate Gartner Frost
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1990. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Previous owner's signature. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #443950
ISBN: 0691067813
Physical description: 203 pages, 24 cm : illustrations. Contents: Incomplete contents Chapter I The Devotions and the Tradition of Devotional Literature -- Chapter II The Devotions and Spiritual Autobiography -- Chapter III Personal and Political Typology in the Devotions -- Chapter IV Donne and the Tradition of Number Symbolism -- Chapter V Structural Significance in the Devotions -- Chapter VI An Afterword -- Appendix: Ocular Proof: The Spiritual Autobiography of Opicinus de Canistris. Subjects: Donne, John 1572-1631. Devotions upon emergent occasions. Criticism and interpretation. Typology (Theology) History of doctrines. Symbolism of numbers in literature.
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