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Donne, John: John Donne: The Reformed Soul: A Biography.(Brief article)(Book review)

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From: Biography
Date: 20070622
Author:Carey, John

Donne, John John Donne: The Reformed Soul: A Biography. John Stubbs. New York: Norton, 2007. 576 pp. $35.00.

"John Stubbs's biography has been rightly praised for the verve and dash of its style.... Stubbs is particularly good at scene-setting and at fleshing out the supporting cast. Sir George More, Ann's peppery little father, can never have seemed more alive than this, even when he was actually walking and talking, and the account of the Azores voyage captures the wonder and cruelty of Elizabethan travel writing.... The book's worse moments nearly all occur when Stubbs is ...

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