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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instanceOf Christian devotional book ⓘ
devotional literature ⓘ
prose work ⓘ
author John Donne ⓘ
circulation print ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dateOfPublication 1624 ⓘ
denominationalContext Anglican ⓘ
famousFor the line "No man is an island" ⓘ
the line "never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" ⓘ
genre meditative prose ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
spiritual autobiography ⓘ
hasPart expostulations ⓘ
meditations ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
hasTheme divine providence ⓘ
interconnectedness of humanity ⓘ
preparation for death ⓘ
the meaning of suffering ⓘ
the relationship between body and soul ⓘ
historicalContext post-Reformation England ⓘ
influencedAuthor Ernest Hemingway ⓘ
influencedWork For Whom the Bell Tolls ⓘ
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 ⓘ
numberOfSections 23 ⓘ
originalPublisher London printer (1624) ⓘ
quotationSourceOf "No man is an island" ⓘ
"for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Holy Sonnets ⓘ
Sermons of John Donne ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
setting sickroom ⓘ
subjectMatter divine grace ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
illness ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
sin ⓘ
spiritual life ⓘ
timeOfWriting during John Donne's convalescence from illness ⓘ

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