The English Poems of George HerbertGeorge Herbert (1593-1633) is widely regarded as the greatest devotional poet in the English language. His volume of poems, The Temple, published posthumously in 1633, became one of the most widely read and influential collections of the seventeenth century. Almost 400 years after they were first published in Cambridge by the 'printers to the Universitie', Cambridge University Press is pleased to present the definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. The text is meticulously annotated with historical, literary and biblical information, as well as the modern critical contexts which now illuminate the poems. In addition to the lively introduction and notes, this edition includes a glossary of key words, an index of biblical quotations, and the authentic texts of Herbert's work. |
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Yes, the other editions are less expensive, but this is the only fully annotated edition, giving you the very best of the scholarly discussion about nearly every line of every poem of Herbert's. If you want to know Herbert, as his best readers do, you will spring for this work. And your appreciation for both Wilcox and Herbert will multiply.
Contents
Section 1 | v |
Section 2 | x |
Section 3 | xi |
Section 4 | xiii |
Section 5 | xviii |
Section 6 | xxi |
Section 7 | xxxvii |
Section 8 | xli |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Poems of George Herbert |
| Author | George Herbert |
| Editor | Helen Wilcox |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0521868211, 9780521868211 |
| Length | 740 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Literary Criticism / Renaissance Religion / General |
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