Writing the Flesh,9780820702933

Writing the Flesh

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ISBN13: 9780820702933
ISBN10: 0820702935
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Duquesne Univ Pr
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Summary

What the Brontës were to the nineteenth century, the family of poet George Herbert was to the seventeenth century -- an extraordinary domestic group that made familial struggles into the subjects of their art. Derived from an exhaustive reading of Herbert family manuscripts, this study interprets a series of texts that have never been studied together before. A keen synthesis of social history and literary criticism, it presents both a historical examination of the structure of an early modern family and a new "domestic" understanding of George Herbert's poetry.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Powers-Beck is associate professor of English at East Tennessee State University. With the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the ETSU Research Development Committee, he has performed extensive archival research on Herbert family manuscripts in England and Wales. His articles have appeared in English Literary Renaissance, South Atlantic Review, English Language Notes and other journals.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations
xv
Writing the Flesh: The Herbert Family Dialogue
1(32)
Joining Contrary Realms: The ``Generous Ambiguity'' of Magdalen Herbert
33(26)
``The Church-porch'' and George Herbert's Family Advice
59(38)
``Lovely enchanting language'': Sir Henry Herbert and the Language of Courtship
97(22)
Comparing Fruits: Edward Herbert, Sonship, Sacrifice, and Time
119(46)
Tempests in the Blood: Thomas Herbert's ``The Storme from Plimmouth''
165(24)
Religion on Tiptoe: Sir John Danvers, the Virginia Company, and ``The Church Militant''
189(34)
Appendix A: Magdalen Herbert's Table Guests 223(5)
Appendix B: Henry Herbert's Devotional Writings 228(5)
Appendix C: Thomas Herbert's ``The Storme from Plimmouth'' 233(4)
Notes 237(7)
Bibliography
Manuscripts 244(2)
Printed Books and Articles 246(25)
Index 271

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