The Sermons of John Donne, Volume X

The Sermons of John Donne, edited by Evelyn M. Simpson and George R. Potter, Volume X, brings to completion the monumental sequence of Donne's preaching, concluding with his final and most famous sermon, *Deaths Duell*, delivered before King Charles I in February 1631. Spanning the breadth of his ministry, this concluding collection situates Donne's work in its full arc—from his late and hesitant ordination, through his triumph as Dean of St. Paul's, to the physical decline and spiritual in...