Author: George Herbert
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809122981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest, poet and essayist--truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.
The Country Parson ; The Temple
Author: George Herbert
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809122981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest, poet and essayist--truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809122981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest, poet and essayist--truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.
Music at Midnight
Author: John Drury
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613458X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This “powerfully absorbing” biography of 17th century Welsh poet George Herbert brings essential personal and social context to his immortal poetry (Financial Times). Though he never published any of his English poems during his lifetime, George Herbert has been celebrated for centuries as one of the greatest religious poets in the language. In this richly perceptive biography, author and theologian John Drury integrates Herbert’s poems fully into his life, enriching our understanding of both the poet’s mind and his work. As Drury writes in his preface, Herbert lived “a quiet life with a crisis in the middle of it.” Beginning with his early academic success, Drury chronicles the life of a man who abandons the path to a career at court and chooses to devote himself to the restoration of a church in Huntingdonshire and lives out his life as a country parson. Because Herbert’s work was only published posthumously, it has always been difficult to know when or in what context he wrote his poems. But Drury skillfully places readings of the poems into his narrative, allowing us to appreciate not only Herbert’s frame of mind while writing, but also the society that produced it. He reveals the occasions of sorrow, happiness, regret, and hope that Herbert captured in his poetry and that led T. S. Eliot to write, “What we can confidently believe is that every poem . . . is true to the poet’s experience.” “It is hard to imagine a better book for anyone, general reader or seventeenth-century aficionado or teacher or student, newly embarking on Herbert.”—The Guardian, UK
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022613458X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This “powerfully absorbing” biography of 17th century Welsh poet George Herbert brings essential personal and social context to his immortal poetry (Financial Times). Though he never published any of his English poems during his lifetime, George Herbert has been celebrated for centuries as one of the greatest religious poets in the language. In this richly perceptive biography, author and theologian John Drury integrates Herbert’s poems fully into his life, enriching our understanding of both the poet’s mind and his work. As Drury writes in his preface, Herbert lived “a quiet life with a crisis in the middle of it.” Beginning with his early academic success, Drury chronicles the life of a man who abandons the path to a career at court and chooses to devote himself to the restoration of a church in Huntingdonshire and lives out his life as a country parson. Because Herbert’s work was only published posthumously, it has always been difficult to know when or in what context he wrote his poems. But Drury skillfully places readings of the poems into his narrative, allowing us to appreciate not only Herbert’s frame of mind while writing, but also the society that produced it. He reveals the occasions of sorrow, happiness, regret, and hope that Herbert captured in his poetry and that led T. S. Eliot to write, “What we can confidently believe is that every poem . . . is true to the poet’s experience.” “It is hard to imagine a better book for anyone, general reader or seventeenth-century aficionado or teacher or student, newly embarking on Herbert.”—The Guardian, UK
The Life of Mr. George Herbert
Author: Izaak Walton
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Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Languages : en
Pages : 162
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The Temple
Author: George Herbert
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Category : Christian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Christian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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The Life of George Herbert of Bemerton
Author: John Jeremiah Daniell
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Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Category : Poets, English
Languages : en
Pages : 348
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A Priest to the Temple. Or The Country Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life
Author: George Herbert
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Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Complete English Poems
Author: George Herbert
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014196586X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014196586X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love.
The Life of George Herbert of Bemerton ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Pages : 352
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Temple
Author: George Herbert
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Category : Leather bindings (Bookbinding)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Category : Leather bindings (Bookbinding)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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The English Works of George Herbert: Prose
Author: George Herbert
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Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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Category : Christian poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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