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.
W. W. Norton & Company John donne: the reformed soul: a biography, paperback/john stubbs
