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The Parson fictionalized: a reprise.(Marjorie Bowen's 'Holy Mr. Herbert')
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George Herbert Journal
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September 22, 2004
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2004 George Herbert Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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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 audience of periodical fiction. Yet in 1910, Harper's Monthly Magazine published Marjorie Bowen's "'Holy Mr. Herbert,'" a short story featuring the humble poet-priest. Now almost a hundred years after its first appearance and over fifty years since its author's death, the story appears in a considerably different venue for a much different audience as it is reprinted for the readers of the ...
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