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English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
Also known as: Very Rev. John Donne, Джон Донн, جون دون, 존 던, ジョン・ダン, 约翰·多恩
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Get your own suggestionsKnown works
- John Donne Poetry
- John Donne and the theology of language (1986)
- Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel
- Devotions upon emergent occasions (1923)
- John Donne's marriage letters in The Folger Shakespeare Library (2005)