George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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Page 109
... mind smell- ing the figurative or emblematic meaning of the posy in his hand . The para- dox of the smelling mind is an invention in the literal sense of the word , for it is to be found in the words themselves . ' Whither ' contains a ...
... mind smell- ing the figurative or emblematic meaning of the posy in his hand . The para- dox of the smelling mind is an invention in the literal sense of the word , for it is to be found in the words themselves . ' Whither ' contains a ...
Page 177
... mind that sorts out and selects the points of resemblance , and here a great deal of interesting work has been done , not least by scholars in religious studies . Walter Brueggeman , in an article exploring one particular image , that ...
... mind that sorts out and selects the points of resemblance , and here a great deal of interesting work has been done , not least by scholars in religious studies . Walter Brueggeman , in an article exploring one particular image , that ...
Page 188
... mind that admits it . But the passage from Herbert's ' Mortification ' which lies behind Vaughan's lines prompts a more specific reading of the later poet's situation . It is the fourth stanza of six in a meditation on human mortality ...
... mind that admits it . But the passage from Herbert's ' Mortification ' which lies behind Vaughan's lines prompts a more specific reading of the later poet's situation . It is the fourth stanza of six in a meditation on human mortality ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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