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

by George Herbert

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679443592
• ISBN13: 9780679443599
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.1"