Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by John Donne that combines meditations, prayers, and reflections on illness, mortality, and spiritual life, and includes the famous lines "No man is an island" and "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian devotional book
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devotional literature ⓘ prose work ⓘ |
| author | John Donne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | print ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateOfPublication | 1624 ⓘ |
| denominationalContext | Anglican ⓘ |
| famousFor |
the line "No man is an island"
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the line "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" ⓘ |
| genre |
meditative prose
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religious literature ⓘ spiritual autobiography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
expostulations
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meditations ⓘ prayers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divine providence
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interconnectedness of humanity ⓘ preparation for death ⓘ the meaning of suffering ⓘ the relationship between body and soul ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Reformation England ⓘ |
| influencedAuthor | Ernest Hemingway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | For Whom the Bell Tolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | John Donne's serious illness ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Christian readers concerned with sickness and death ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Metaphysical literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableSection | Meditation XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 23 ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | London printer (1624) ⓘ |
| quotationSourceOf |
"No man is an island"
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"for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Holy Sonnets
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Sermons of John Donne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| setting | sickroom ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
divine grace
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human suffering ⓘ illness ⓘ mortality ⓘ repentance ⓘ sin ⓘ spiritual life ⓘ |
| timeOfWriting | during John Donne's convalescence from illness ⓘ |
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