Materiality and Devotion in the Poetry of George Herbert

Materiality and Devotion in the Poetry of George Herbert

Author: Francesca Cioni

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-01-11

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0198874405

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This book uses textual and material evidence -- in poetry, prayers, physiologies, sermons, church buildings and monuments, manuscript diaries and notebooks -- to explore how material things held spiritual meaning in George Herbert's poetry, and to reflect on scholarly approaches to matter and form in devotional poetry.