The temple : the poetry of George Herbert / edited and mildly modernized by Henry L. Carrigan, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, George, 1593-1633.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Carrigan, Henry L., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian poetry, English--Early modern, 1500-1700.

Christian poetry, English.

Christian poetry, English--Early modern.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

212 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Brewster, Mass. : Paraclete Press, 2001.

Summary:

In 1633, George Herbert published what has become the best-known religious poem in the English language, The Temple. Actually a sequence of poems, The Temple is shaped by the order of church ritual and liturgy. At the heart of The Temple stands "The Church," poems that are patterned on the Church's liturgical calendar and that discuss theological ideas such as death, judgment, and heaven. Herbert's poetry is at once personal and confessional. His poems about the Eucharist and holy baptism are not only general theological explorations of the sacraments but also the poet's expressions of the struggles of his own flesh to be reconciled to God. This mildly modernized edition makes the spiritual insight and quiet passion of this great poet available to today's reader.

Contents:

The Church-Porch 3

The Church 21

The Church Militant 195

Other Poems / George Herbert 205.

ISBN:

1557252599

9781557252593

OCLC:

45629780