Writing the Flesh: The Herbert Family DialogueDuquesne University Press, 1998 - 279 pages Writing the Flesh: The Herbert Family Dialogue demonstrates that George Herbert's lyric acheivement was not an isolated phenomenon, but the product of a family's literary conversation and manuscript exchange. The Herberts, in the words of a contemporary, write the flesh, as they wrote to and about one other. Derived from an exhaustive reading of Herbert family manuscripts, this study interprets a series of texts that have never been studied together before. In addition to George Herbert's works, these texts include: Lord Herbert's philosophical treatises and poems; Magdalen Herbert Danvers's letters and Kitchin Booke; Thomas Herbert's The Storme . . . from Plymouth; Sir Henry Herbert's newsletters and literary works; and the papers of Sir John Danvers, the Ferrars, and other members of the Virginia Company. A keen synthesis of social history and literary criticism, Writing the Flesh presents both a historical examination of the structure of an early modern family and a new domestic understanding of George Herbert's poetry. |
Contents
Appendix | 26 |
The Churchporch and George Herberts Family | 59 |
Magdalen Herberts Table Guests | 223 |
Copyright | |
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