Literary Lives: A Literary Life

Malcolmson, C.

This volume replaces the traditional image of George Herbert as meditative recluse with a portrait of the poet as engaged throughout his life with the religion, politics and society of his time. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, Herbert appears as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle, and committed to nationalistic Protestantism. The book attends to the poetic brilliance of his verse as well as the institutions and contexts that influenced him: the upper class coterie, Cambridge University, and the Church of England.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-12-09

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780333669792

DOI: 10.1057/9780230535732

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 175