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Abstract: At first glance, perhaps nothing could seem more chastely metaphorical and logocentric than the speaker of George Herbert's "The H. Scriptures I" imagining his heart as a bee sucking the flowers of holy writ to make medicinal honey:Oh Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart Suck ev'ry letter, and a hony gain, Precious for any grief in any part;To cleare the breast, to mollifie all pain.(ll. 1-4)1Scholars of early modern humanism are very familiar with the trope of the reader as a bee sucking nectar from many flowers to make honey, and it was ubiquitous in early modern devotional writings, especially those presenting themselves as scripturally derived.2 Referring to his text as a medicinal "compound" ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: George Herbert's lesser-known poem "Martha: Maria," from his Latin collection Lucus offers an imaginative peek into the account of Jesus' visit to Martha's house from Luke chapter 10 (vv. 38-42).1 In the Gospel passage, Martha of Bethany is "cumbered about much serving," while her sister Mary sits at Jesus' feet and listens to him teach (Luke 10:38-40).2 Martha complains, "Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone' Bid her therefore that she help me" (10:40). But rather than acceding to her wishes, Jesus replies, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful, and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her" (Luke ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Striking in the vehemence of his vituperation, the speaker in George Herbert's Lucus XXXIV, "In Johannem ἐπιστήθιον," rails against St. John, the Beloved Disciple, for hogging the breast of Jesus. Indeed, the speaker goes so far in the opening salvo as to denounce him as a "glutton" (helluo). The opening words, with their denunciatory vocative and exclamation and blunt imperative, create a "drama and compulsion" atypical of Herbert's Latin verse.1 The compelling drama in this Latin poem is animated by the same impetus that drives so many of Herbert's English poems – the desire to find rest in fuller communion with Christ. But, unlike the wonted progression in the English poems of quelling internal, obstructive ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: In his book The Appearing of God, Jean-Yves Lacoste writes, "It is true that Christ was crucified outside the walls of Jerusalem and made a spectacle for all, so that all can speak of him, philosophers included."1 Lacoste's remark, which he makes in an essay about Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments, has implications not just for philosophers, but for poets too, and of course for literary critics, especially for those who want to think philosophically about poetry, even including religious poetry. With the evocative phrase "outside the city walls," Lacoste prompts us to take a step back to look again at Christ's sacrifice. This phrase, which amounts to a biblical trope, reinforces the ordeal of seeing Christ's ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: In the opening line of his poem, "The Windows," George Herbert poses a pressing question: "Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word'"1 The remaining fourteen lines constitute his answer: a mortal man can effectively preach the eternal word of God only when he lives a life ethically harmonious with that word.2 In essence, "The Windows" centers on the problem of ethos.Because Aristotle's treatment of ethos forms a standard starting point for discussions in the West about the ethical dimensions of rhetorical acts like preaching, an Aristotelian perspective provides a helpful initial approach to the poem. And yet, as this article will show, after considering Aristotle's double conception of ethos (as discussed ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00
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Abstract: Most published work on George Herbert remains concerned with his lyric poetry and is insular in outlook. He is regarded as Anglo-Welsh with an emphasis on the first word, for many the greatest English devotional poet, with the quality of the verse emanating from that most parochial context of Herbert's later life service as Vicar of Bemerton, Wiltshire. The same is also true of commentary on the works of his elder brother, Edward, first Baron Herbert of Cherbury: lesser known, and certainly of interest to intellectual historians outside of the English-speaking world, and also as an ambassador to foreign powers, but still considered an Anglo-Welsh thinker in the island kingdom. This essay collection departs ... Read More PubDate: 2024-07-14T00:00:00-05:00