Picturing Religious Experience: George Herbert, Calvin, and the Scriptures - Couverture souple

Doerksen, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1644531127 ISBN 13 : 9781644531129

Editeur : University of Delaware Press, 2011

Synopsis

Little has been said about the relationship of Herbert's writings to those of John Calvin, yet the latter were abundant and influential in Herbert's Church of England. Accordingly Picturing Religious Experience studies Herbert's poetry in relation to those writings, particularly regarding "spiritual conflicts," which the poet himself said would be found depicted in his book of poems. Much more than is generally realized, Calvin wrote about the experience of living the Christian life-which is also Herbert's subject in many of his poems. Altogether, this study maintains that Herbert owes to his religious orientation not just themes or details, but an impulse to observe and depict the inner life, and scriptural patterns which significantly contribute to the substance and literary excellence of The Temple.

Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel W. Doerksen is Honorary Research Professor at the University of New Brunswick

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Delaware Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1644531127
• ISBN 13: 9781644531129
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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