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Religious poet’s playful wit meets profound feeling in timeless verse.
Herbert Poems
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256 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2004
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Summary
George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection.
Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to “pattern poems,” the shape of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of langu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841597638 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841597635 |
| Author: | George Herbert |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 110mm x 165mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library POCKET POETS |
110 × 165 mm
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
George Herbert
- 1593: Born on April 3rd in Montgomery, Wales, the fifth son of Richard and Magdalen Herbert.
- 1605: Attends Westminster School.
- 1609: Matriculates at Trinity College, Cambridge.
- 1612: Contributes two memorial poems in Latin, his first published verses, following the death of Prince Henry.
- 1616: Elected a major fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
- 1618: Appointed Reader in Rhetoric at Cambridge.
- 1620-1628: Serves as Public Orator at Cambridge.
- 1624: Elected to represent Montgomery in Parliament (re-elected in 1625).
- 1626: Presented with a prebend in Huntingdonshire, near Little Gidding. Contributes a Latin memorial poem upon the death of Bacon.
- 1627: Following his mother’s death, his Memoriae Matris sacrum is published alongside commemorative poems.
- 1629: Marries Jane Danvers.
- 1630: Instituted to the rectory at Bemerton near Salisbury in April; ordained priest in September.
- 1633: Donne’s Poems published.
- 1633, March 1st: Dies of consumption, shortly before his fortieth birthday.
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