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The English Poems of George Herbert
George Herbert
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Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
George 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', in 2007 Cambridge University Press was 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 ... Read more
George 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', in 2007 Cambridge University Press was 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
786
Condition
New
Number of Pages
788
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521177207
SKU
V9780521177207
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Reviews for The English Poems of George Herbert
'A magnificent book, making Herbert's poetry intelligible to current readers and scholars and students, with an eloquent introduction finely characterizing his imagination and his accomplishment.' Helen Vendler, Harvard University 'Professor Wilcox and Cambridge are to be congratulated on having produced a superb piece of scholarship that is also inviting to those outside academia.' Contemporary Review 'A monument to perfectionism: the ... Read more