Materiality and Devotion in the Poetry of George Herbert 0198874405, 9780198874409

Comparative Essays on the Poetry and Prose of John Donne and George Herbert: Combined Lights 9781644532256

This book brings together ten essays on John Donne and George Herbert composed by an international group of scholars. Th

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Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert 9780226134581, 2013042250

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Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert 9780226134581

Though he never published any of his English poems during his lifetime, George Herbert (1593–1633) is recognized as poss

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The Poetry of Immanence: Sacrament in Donne and Herbert 9781442682054

In this extensive study of two of the most celebrated seventeenth-century religious poets, Robert Whalen examines the ro

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The Materiality of Middle English Anchoritic Devotion 9781641894876, 9781641894883

Explores materiality in Middle English anchoritic texts, encompassing guidance literature, hagiographies, miracle narrat

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Edward and George Herbert in the European Republic of Letters 9781526164087

The Anglo-Welsh aristocrats George Herbert (1593–1633) and Edward Herbert (1583–1648) are striking examples of an early

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Poetry and Islands: Materiality and the Creative Imagination 1783484128, 9781783484126

In all cultures and times, the poetic imagination has fed on the natural attributes of islands. An island is either a de

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Religious Devotion and the Poetics of Reform: Love and Liberation in Malayalam Poetry 9781138477995, 9781351103619

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The ‘Fifth Veda’ of Hinduism: Poetry, Philosophy and Devotion in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9781350988415, 9780857725745

The Bhagavata Purana is one of the most important, central and popular scriptures of Hinduism. A medieval Sanskrit text,

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The George Washington Bridge: Poetry in Steel 9780813594644

Since opening in 1931, the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, has become the busiest bridge in t

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