Keeping the ancient way : aspects of the life and work of Henry Vaughan (1621-1695) / Robert Wilcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilcher, Robert, 1942- author.

Series:

English Association monographs. English at the interface.

Liverpool scholarship online.

English Association monographs. English at the interface

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695--Criticism and interpretation.

Vaughan, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Written by one of the editors of the new complete works of Henry Vaughan, 'Keeping the Ancient Way' deals with a number of key topics that are central to the understanding and appreciation of this major seventeenth-century writer. These include his debt to the hermetic philosophy espoused by his twin brother (the alchemist, Thomas Vaughan); his royalist allegiance in the Civil War; his loyalty to the outlawed Church of England during the Interregnum; the unusual degree of intertextuality in his poetry (especially with the Scriptures and the devotional lyrics of George Herbert); and his literary treatment of the natural world (which has been variously interpreted from Christian, proto-Romantic, and ecological perspectives).

Contents:

Part One: Biographical and historical contexts

Henry Vaughan and Breconshire

Henry Vaughan and Thomas Vaughan

Henry Vaughan and the civil wars

Henry Vaughan and the Interregnum

Henry Vaughan and the church

Part Two: Literary Practices

Henry Vaughan and the art of allusion

Henry Vaughan and George Herbert

Henry Vaughan and the scriptures

Henry Vaughan and the book of nature

Henry Vaughan and the practice of poetry.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 2, 2021).

ISBN:

1-80085-244-4

1-80085-876-0

OCLC:

1245669913