George Herbert

by Joseph H. Summers

Book Overview

George Herbert has for centuries been admired by the religious for his piety and by lovers of poetry for his language and his wit. In the present volume, Professor Summers seeks to abolish this dualism of approach: he is concerned throughout to demonstrate Herbert's religion as it is expressed in his poems, and to interpret the poems in the light of his religion, for they are a ""picture"" of meticulously observed spiritual experience. He gives us...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532654529
• ISBN13: 9781532654527
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"