Music at Midnight
The Life and Poetry of George Herbert
$38.55
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2014
Summary
George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and - above all else - love.
For the first time, John Drury convincingly integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language.
‘Love bade me w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141043401 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141043407 |
| Author: | John Drury |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 25 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 328g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Incomparable. Drury triumphantly delivers the goods … artfully weaving the poetry through the life – Diarmaid MacCulloch * Daily Telegraph *Excellent, captivating, full of moving detail. A terrific book about a remarkable poet – Sally Vickers * Independent *Dazzling – David Grylls * Sunday Times *
About The Author
John Drury
John Drury is Chaplain and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He began as a biblical scholar, and while Dean of King’s College, Cambridge, worked with Frank Kermode on the Gospels for The Literary Guide to the Bible. As Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, he studied Christian paintings and their meaning in Painting the Word. Music at Midnight is the culmination of a lifetime’s interest in Herbert, whose Complete Poetry Drury is now editing for Penguin Classics.
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