George Herbert geldt als een spilfiguur in de Britse devotionele lyriek, geroemd om zijn immense populariteit, diepgaande invloed en uitzonderlijke vaardigheid. Geassocieerd met de metafysische dichters, weet zijn werk intellectuele diepgang meesterlijk te verbinden met oprechte vroomheid. Herberts poëzie, gevormd door een rijke klassieke opleiding en een waardering voor retorica en muziek, kenmerkt zich door linguïstische precisie en spirituele intensiteit. Zijn blijvende nalatenschap ligt in zijn unieke vermogen om complexe theologische thema's te articuleren met lyrische gratie en diepe emotionele resonantie.
Featuring a faithful reproduction of the 1871 edition, this collection presents a selection of English poems that captures the essence of its time. The high-quality reprint preserves the language and style of the original work, offering readers a glimpse into the poetic traditions and themes of the era. Ideal for poetry enthusiasts and scholars alike, it serves as a valuable resource for exploring the literary landscape of 19th-century England.
Poet, Theologian, Preacher and Priest of the Church of England (Hardcover)
The volume presents a compelling exploration of George Herbert's inner turmoil related to his faith and belief in God, seamlessly blending his prose and poetry. It delves into the complexities of his spiritual struggles, offering readers a profound insight into the tension between his religious principles and personal convictions. This collection invites reflection on the themes of devotion, doubt, and the search for meaning in the context of faith.
This selection of one hundred poems by one of the greatest devotional poets in the English language, George Herbert, is designed for readers to enjoy the verse for its beauty, spirituality and humanity. The book is simply and elegantly designed, and includes a preface introducing key features of Herbert's poetry.
Jacula Prudentum, or “Darts of the Wise,” is a collection of almost 1200 proverbs compiled by George Herbert in the seventeenth century. This collection includes many well-known sayings such as: “Whose house is of glass must not throw stones at another,” “All is not gold that glitters,” “Help thyself, and God will help thee,” and “You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drink when and what he pleaseth.” “The collection is curious and interesting. Proverbs formed a favorite study of that age.”—Rev. Robert Willmott.
Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to pattern poems, the shape of which reveal their subjects. His best-loved poems, from The Collar and Jordan to The Altar and Easter Wings, achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a rare luminosity, and a timeless metaphysical grandeur.
An entirely new edition of Herbert's collected poems with nots, chronology and introduction by the distinguised scholar Anne Pasternak Slater, this volume is designed to complement the editions of Marvell, Donne and Milton already published by the Everyman's Library. This volume is ideal for students and offers the best text available.
Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest George Herbert is one the most famous and popular of the metaphysical poets. The Poetry Foundation has described him as "a pivotal figure: enormously popular, deeply and broadly influential, and arguably the most skillful and important British devotional lyricist." All of Herbert's surviving poems are religious in nature, characterized by their directness of expression and many of which employ an intricate rhyme scheme. Included in this volume is a complete collection of his poetry and prose writings including the following works: "The Temple," "The Church Militant," "Jacula Prudentium," "A Priest to the Temple," "Letters of George Herbert," "The Oration of Master George Herbert," "Preface and Notes to the Divine Considerations of John Valdesso," "Notes to the Divine Considerations," and "A Treatise of Temperance and Sobriety."
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George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in a variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love. This volume collects Herbert's complete poetry - including such classics of English devotional poetry as The Altar, and Love.
A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acclaimed Coralie Bickford-Smith and beautifully set, these slim, A format volumes are the ultimate gift editions for poetry lovers. On his deathbed George Herbert entrusted the manuscript of The Temple to his friend Nicholas Ferrar, asking him to publish it if he thought it was worthy. Herbert died in 1633 and the collection was published the same year to great acclaim, subsequently becoming one of the best-loved collections in the English language. The Temple is an astounding collection of verse poems: an extended meditation on man's relationship to God that is characterised by Herbert's clarity and directness of style. It includes such favourites as 'The Collar', 'The Pearl' and 'Love', with its beautiful opening lines: 'Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, / Guilty of dust and sin'.