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:"It is important to recognize how early and how completely Oley attributes to Herbert's poetry the values of Scripture and of biblical commentary, for Oley's opinion became part of an accepted -- if not ''the'' accepted -- way of construing Herbert's poetry." (6) | :"It is important to recognize how early and how completely Oley attributes to Herbert's poetry the values of Scripture and of biblical commentary, for Oley's opinion became part of an accepted -- if not ''the'' accepted -- way of construing Herbert's poetry." (6) | ||
:"While Oley's main interest is Thomas Jackson and the theological disputes that bedeviled the times, Walton's ''Live of Mr. George Herber'' (1670) did most to shape the image of George Herbert, priesta nd poet, as a saint." (6) | |||
''Select Hymns, Taken out of Mr. Herbert's Temple, And Turn'd into the Common Metre'' (1697) -- common hymnal in England (12) | |||
:"during the eighteenth century Herbert became a favorite of the Moravian brotherhood and that, in fact, a volume of hymns based largely on ''The Temple'' was one of the first books they brought to the New World" (12) | |||
:"For it is the ''Selet Hymns'' and its lineal discendant, the first edition of the Wesleys' ''Hymns and Sacred POems'' (1739), that the simple, pietistic, quintessentially Protestant and -- yes -- Puritan Herbert is established. It is established through a radical process of revision." (12) | |||
changes in transforming Herbert's poems into hymns -- imply "that Herbert's text is ''already'' a hymn" (14) | |||
:"The Dissenter's Herbert is more Protestant, more Puritan, more clear, more rational, more modern, and certainly more relevant to the Dissenter's needs than is the text of Herbert's poem. By no means unique, this Dissenter's Herbert, then, is part of an emerging image of Herbert as the sweet and saintly singer of simple hymns." (16) | |||
== George Herbert and the Church == | == George Herbert and the Church == | ||
Revision as of 13:28, 21 May 2012
- Stewart, Stanley. George Herbert. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1986.
on the Harmonies -- "These works are valuable aids to our understanding of Herbert's intended audience, which was -- I should think incontrovertibly -- Nicholas Ferrar and his community f worshipers at Little Gidding."
George Herbert: Life and 'Lives'
- "It is important to recognize how early and how completely Oley attributes to Herbert's poetry the values of Scripture and of biblical commentary, for Oley's opinion became part of an accepted -- if not the accepted -- way of construing Herbert's poetry." (6)
- "While Oley's main interest is Thomas Jackson and the theological disputes that bedeviled the times, Walton's Live of Mr. George Herber (1670) did most to shape the image of George Herbert, priesta nd poet, as a saint." (6)
Select Hymns, Taken out of Mr. Herbert's Temple, And Turn'd into the Common Metre (1697) -- common hymnal in England (12)
- "during the eighteenth century Herbert became a favorite of the Moravian brotherhood and that, in fact, a volume of hymns based largely on The Temple was one of the first books they brought to the New World" (12)
- "For it is the Selet Hymns and its lineal discendant, the first edition of the Wesleys' Hymns and Sacred POems (1739), that the simple, pietistic, quintessentially Protestant and -- yes -- Puritan Herbert is established. It is established through a radical process of revision." (12)
changes in transforming Herbert's poems into hymns -- imply "that Herbert's text is already a hymn" (14)
- "The Dissenter's Herbert is more Protestant, more Puritan, more clear, more rational, more modern, and certainly more relevant to the Dissenter's needs than is the text of Herbert's poem. By no means unique, this Dissenter's Herbert, then, is part of an emerging image of Herbert as the sweet and saintly singer of simple hymns." (16)