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Death's Duel

Entity ID:

deaths-duel-(donne)

Long Name:

Death's Duel

Short Name:

Death's Duel

Disambiguation String:

Donne's last Sermon

Entity Type:

work

Entity Subtype:

book

Summary:

This sermon, the last one Donne gave, was later described as his own funeral sermon. It portrays life as a slow descent into sickness and death, yet points towards the hope of redemption, salvation, and resurrection. As Donne battled illness towards his life's end, death remained a constant theme of both his pastoral and poetic works, including his classic Holy Sonnet X, “Death Be Not Proud.” While some, such as Samuel Johnson and John Dryden, have criticized Donne's work for being dry and passionless, Donne consistently wrote and spoke on matters deeply personal to him. In this sermon, at least, the then dying Donne's passion is clearly evident.

Kathleen O'Bannon
CCEL Staff

Viaf ID:

182592307

DB Pedia ID:

Death%27s_Duell,_or_A_Consolation_to_the_Soul,_against_the_dying_Life_and_the_living_Death_of_the_Body

Is An Individual:

No

Is Published:

Yes

Original Language:

eng

LCCN:

BX5133 .D6

CCEL URL:

//ccel.org/ccel/donne/deaths_duel.html

LC Subjects:

All; Sermons;

Creators:

Creator: John Donne, Relator: aut, Creator ID: 22865