Getting to Know George Herbert: An Interview

Herbert uses that phrase to describe the Bible, suggesting that in reading scripture, "This verse marks that, and both do make a motion/Unto a third, that ten leaves off doth lie" ("The H. Scriptures [II]"). [...]I would recommend the five poems entitled "Affliction," w...

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Published inCithara Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 7 - 91
Main Author Doelman, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Bonaventure St. Bonaventure University 01.05.2019
Subjects
17th century
Aesthetics
Authenticity
Bible
British & Irish literature
Christianity
Death & dying
Donne, John (1572-1631)
Eliot, T S (Thomas Stearns) (1888-1965)
Literary devices
Literary translation
Narrative techniques
Poetry
Poets
Readers
Religion
Religious literature
Rites & ceremonies
Scholars
Sonnets
Spirituality
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:Herbert uses that phrase to describe the Bible, suggesting that in reading scripture, "This verse marks that, and both do make a motion/Unto a third, that ten leaves off doth lie" ("The H. Scriptures [II]"). [...]I would recommend the five poems entitled "Affliction," where the poet wrestles with the meaning of human suffering in the individual life. [...]near the end of "The Church" Herbert offers a sequence of poems on "last things": "Death," "Dooms-day," and "Judgement." There is no escaping the reality that Herbert's poetry is consistently religious in nature, and that it is based on a Christian theology, a Protestant understanding of personal devotion, and the liturgy or the seventeenthcentury Church of England.
ISSN:0009-7527