George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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Page 107
... present it as my speciall Deed ' ) . In both cases , there is a tension between title and text which may be compared to the meaningful tension that characterizes the baroque conceit . Herbert's titles , as distinct from the traditional ...
... present it as my speciall Deed ' ) . In both cases , there is a tension between title and text which may be compared to the meaningful tension that characterizes the baroque conceit . Herbert's titles , as distinct from the traditional ...
Page 144
... present defeat , however . It goes on to promise justice ' In the end ' ( 3 ) . In a metaphor reminiscent of Ben Jonson's earlier poem on the union of England and Scotland under a single monarch ( Epi- gram 5 ) and looking forward to ...
... present defeat , however . It goes on to promise justice ' In the end ' ( 3 ) . In a metaphor reminiscent of Ben Jonson's earlier poem on the union of England and Scotland under a single monarch ( Epi- gram 5 ) and looking forward to ...
Page 149
... present , the poem playfully comments on a particular historical controversy from a personal point of view . But its pattern of scriptural allusions carries the poem forward to the final days of human history as foretold by both Christ ...
... present , the poem playfully comments on a particular historical controversy from a personal point of view . But its pattern of scriptural allusions carries the poem forward to the final days of human history as foretold by both Christ ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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