Complete English Poems, The (Herbert, George) (Penguin Classics)
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Publication
1992-07-07 - Penguin Classics
Language
English
Word Count
124,000 words, Guess
Page Count
496 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100140423486
- ISBN-139780140423488
- Open LibraryOL7354609M
Classifications
- DDC821/.3
Description
Presents a selection of Herbert's Latin verse with English translation along with selections of his prose pieces. 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.
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- Complete English Poems, The (Herbert, George) (Penguin Classics)
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