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oRevises the current state of Donne biography...[This book] shows that recent studies just do not know what they are talking about.O NM. Thomas Hester, North Carolina State University oFlynn's book is important OrecoveryO work.O NAchsah Guibbory, University of Illinois This book attempts to solve the puzzle of John Donne's earliest portrait by placing his early life in the contexts of his family's descent from Sir Thomas More and his circle, and of their generations-long association with the ancient Catholic nobility. Seen within a larger familial, social, and religious context in which exile and persecution for religious belief were the overriding experiences, the distinctive marks of Donne's personality emerge with new clarity. An important contribution to Donne studies, Flynn's book will have a impact on how Donne's poetry is read.

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Flynn's work makes fascinating reading not only for students of literature, but also for all those interested in the history of the period. The text often reads like a contemporary story of estpionage ... - Catholic Library World Flynn's book is important 'recovery' work. - Achsah Guibbory, University of Illinois Flynn's book not only adds crucial new facts but also interprets them freshly and convincingly, so that even Donne's oldest admirers will see him in a new light. - Studies in English Literature

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DENNIS FLYNN is professor of English at Bentley College and has published numerous articles on Donne and is a contributing editor for the Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne.

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