George Herbert

This insightful and carefully researched study of the poet George Herbert (1593-1633) traces his progress from aristocratic Cambridge scholar to his final years as a country parson in Wiltshire and examines the poems in the light of the spiritual struggles this progress involved. No longer under the shadow of John Donne, George Herbert emerges as the creator of a body of innovative poems distinguished by their unparalleled technical skill, their lyricism, warmth and humanity. They are poems that establish him as England's finest devotional poet.

About the author:

Neil Curry is both poet and critic. He has published studies of Christopher Smart and Alexander Pope. His New & Selected Poems entitled Other Rooms was published by Enitharmon Press. Natasha Curry, Neil's daughter, once his student, now his collaborator, lives in San Francisco.

108  pages

ISBN: 978-1-906075-40-8