super infinite the transformations of john donne katherine rundell

There is little analysis of his artistic influences, and less of his posthumous reputation. Rundell does not attempt a feminist defense of Donne’s love poetry.she adores much of it despite any reservations. Super-Infinite hardly reads like an academic work.

This episode was edited by Joseph Knight and produced by Rob Weinberg.įor more Not Just The Tudors content, subscribe to our Tudor Tuesday newsletter here. Super-Infinite is an attempt to crack Donne’s code. Together they explore the life and work of a man who, despite a life of extreme challenges, expressed in his verse electric joy and love. Published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2022. In this episode of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb meets Katherine Rundell, author of the acclaimed book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022. One of the finest childrens writers of her generation turns her attention to the rambunctious life of notorious metaphysical poet John Donne, chronicling his misadventures, myriad occupations and jaw-dropping exploits with gusto, pace and thrilling immediacy. Excerpted from Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell. He converted from Catholicism to Protestantism, was jailed for marrying a high-born girl without her father's consent, struggled to feed a family of ten children and was often ill and in pain. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, John Donne was incapable of being just one thing.

John Donne was a scholar of law, a sea adventurer, an MP, a priest, the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral - and perhaps the greatest love poet in the history of the English language. From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biography of John Donne: the poet of love, sex, and death.

Super infinite the transformations of john donne katherine rundell