In recent years George Herbert's poetry has been analyzed by some of our most distinguished literary critics. Offering close readings of central poems, and insights derived from contemporary literary theory, Barbara Harman takes her place in their company.
She begins by surveying the critical tradition on Herbert's work in our century--from George Herbert Palmer to Stanley Fish. In this penetrating assessment Harman explores the relationship between critical practice and belief.
The impulse toward self-representation is, she argues, a powerful one in...
In recent years George Herbert's poetry has been analyzed by some of our most distinguished literary critics. Offering close readings of central p...
