The Complete English Works of George Herbert: Introduction by Ann Pasternak Slater

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The Complete English Works of George Herbert: Introduction by Ann Pasternak Slater - Hardcover

The Complete English Works of George Herbert: Introduction by Ann Pasternak Slater - Hardcover

by George Herbert
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In George Herbert (1593-1633), profound religious sensibility is richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to "pattern poems", the shapes of which reveal their subjects. Such technical agility never seems ostentatious, however, for precision of language and expression of genuine feeling were his primary concerns. Herbert is one of the finest religious poets in any language, though even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness. The poems he made achieve a perfection of form and feeling, a luminosity and a metaphysical grandeur unexcelled in the history of English writing.

Though long overshadowed by Donne and Milton, Herbert has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. In this new edition of Herbert's works, the distinguished scholar and translator Ann Pasternak Slater shows through detailed textual notes, a reordering of the poems, and an extensive introduction just how great a writer Herbert is.

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In George Herbert, profound religious sensibility is richly allied with a playful wit and with literary and musical gifts of the highest order.
ISBN9780679443599
Author George Herbert
PublisherEveryman's Library
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedJuly 1995
LanguageENG- English
Pages592
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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George Herbert (1593-1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest. Best known for his vivid language and devotional verse, Herbert's work has inspired generations of believers to encounter and delight in Christ, including some of Christianity's most beloved writers such as Richard Baxter, Charles Spurgeon, T. S. Eliot, and C. S. Lewis. Stephen Witmer (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the lead pastor of Pepperell Christian Fellowship in Pepperell, Massachusetts, a council member of the Gospel Coalition, and the cofounder of Small Town Summits. He writes for Desiring God and is the author of Eternity Changes Everything; A Big Gospel in Small Places; and The Preacher's Greek Companion to Hebrews. He and his wife, Emma, have three children.

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