Super Infinite

Super-Infinite explores the life and work of John Donne, one of England’s most influential metaphysical poets and preachers.

Katherine Rundell presents Donne as a figure capable of holding profound grief, religious doubt, erotic desire, intellectual curiosity, and comedy together.

The biography considers the personal tragedies and political pressures that shaped his writing, including bereavements and religious persecution.

It also emphasizes Donne’s belief in the almost limitless power of the human mind.

Rundell’s account presents his work as both historically grounded and urgently relevant to modern readers.