约翰·多恩(又译但恩、邓恩、堂恩,John Donne,1572—1631)是17世纪初英国玄学诗派的创始人和当时英国文艺复兴时期的重要人物。他的《生死边缘的沉思录》(Devotions upon Emergent Occasions)诞生于1623年,当时的伦敦不幸发生了大瘟疫,多恩也感染了这种非常凶猛的疾病,几乎丢了性命。就在病榻之上,多恩凭借其坚贞的信仰完成了这部具有丰富 John Donne (also translated Dann, Dunn, Donne, John Donne, 1572-1631) is the founder of the British metaphysical poetics of the early 17th century and was a key figure in the British Renaissance. His Devotions upon Emergent Occasions was born in 1623, when the Great Plague was unfortunate in London, and Donne was infected with this very fierce disease, almost losing his life. Just above the sick bed, Dorn accomplished this richness with his faithfulness