ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who authored the scholarly biography, Life of Donne?
A
Izaak Walton
B
Katherine Philips
C
John Skelton
D
Isabella Whitney
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Izaak Walton, who lived from 1593 to 1683, remains famous today as the author of The Compleat Angler, one of the most important environmental books in history.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Donne (/dʌn/ DUN; (1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in London (1621–1631).

Detailed explanation-3: -Izaak Walton, (born August 9, 1593, Stafford, Staffordshire, England-died December 15, 1683, Winchester, Hampshire), English biographer and author of The Compleat Angler (1653), a pastoral discourse on the joys and stratagems of fishing that has been one of the most frequently reprinted books in English literature.

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