George Herbert: Sacred and ProfaneHelen Wilcox, Richard Todd VU University Press, 1995 - 211 pages |
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Page 13
... spiritual life opposed to physical and spiritual death , of serenity and noises , of light and perfections against darkness and restlessness.35 The attempted mischief is everywhere in the adaptations . ' The Flower ' is troubled and ...
... spiritual life opposed to physical and spiritual death , of serenity and noises , of light and perfections against darkness and restlessness.35 The attempted mischief is everywhere in the adaptations . ' The Flower ' is troubled and ...
Page 28
... spirituality , however , the signifi- cance of the story was as an epiphany of Christ , and the wrestle with the angel ... spiritual attitude , the ' dying to ' the poems . The Christian poet must not rely on his own rhetori- cal skills ...
... spirituality , however , the signifi- cance of the story was as an epiphany of Christ , and the wrestle with the angel ... spiritual attitude , the ' dying to ' the poems . The Christian poet must not rely on his own rhetori- cal skills ...
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... spiritual and the material , is immediately shattered by the opening lines of the subsequent poem , ' The Temper ( 2 ) ' . The effect is particularly strik- ing since the next poem shares the same title yet defeats any expectation that ...
... spiritual and the material , is immediately shattered by the opening lines of the subsequent poem , ' The Temper ( 2 ) ' . The effect is particularly strik- ing since the next poem shares the same title yet defeats any expectation that ...
Contents
Prolegomena | 3 |
Herbert and Kings | 33 |
Sacred Parody and George Herbert | 49 |
Copyright | |
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