Recently added articles from George Herbert Journal:

George Herbert, Sin, and the ague.

Sep 22, 2004; Skwire, Sarah E. ... In the introduction to A Reading of George Herbert, Rosemond Tuve summarizes her approach to the study of Herbert's poetry: "Conceding the fact that there are cases in which a poet could not bridge a gap [of history or information] he did not envisage, I have tried the experiment of making ...

"Thou didst betray me to a lingring book": discovering affliction in The Temple.(Critical essay)

Sep 22, 2004; Dyck, Paul ... Suppose this bee the place which you would faine take a full view of, but can not presently turn vnto it, viz. Vnlesse thy Law had been my Delights, I should now haue Perished in mine Affliction .... Now if you would finde it out by the last word of the sentence, then turne in your ...

"Light thy darknes is": George Herbert and negative theology.

Sep 22, 2004; Kelleher, Hillary ... Joseph Summers astutely called George Herbert "a 'mystic' of the via positiva," a religious path devoted to naming and affirming God's positive presence in creation. (1) While the via positiva indeed enhances our understanding of The Temple, the seemingly opposed via negativa also ...

The Parson fictionalized: a reprise.(Marjorie Bowen's 'Holy Mr. Herbert')

Sep 22, 2004; Malpezzi, Frances M. ... Even the most avid Herbertian would not ordinarily consider the cleric of Bemerton a figure apt to capture the American popular imagination. Lacking the dramatic tension of Jack-the-Rake/Donne-the-Divine's reputed polarities, Herbert might seem an especially unlikely choice to appeal to an ...

"Holy Mr. Herbert".(Short story)(Reprint)

Sep 22, 2004; Bowen, Marjorie ... A gentleman was seated on a mile-stone that marked four miles to Bemerton, in the county of Wiltshire; it was midday in the month of June; warm, fair, and cloudy; the gentleman had an inkhorn by his side, and was employed in busily writing on some loose sheets of paper that he held on his ...