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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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 welcome . . .' 'Teach me my God and King . . .' 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. He was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered, his family aristocratic and his upbringing privileged. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of the church at Leighton Bromswold in Buckinghamshire and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury, whose cathedral music he called 'my heaven on earth'. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar, leader of the quasi-monastic community at Little Gidding, published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established. Because he published no English poems during his lifetime, and dating most of them exactly is impossible, writing Herbert's biography is an unusual challenge. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. (T.S. Eliot: 'What we can confidently believe is that every poem in the book [The Temple] is in tune to the poet's experience.') His Herbert is not the saintly figure who has come down to us from John Aubrey, but a man torn for much of his life between worldly ambition and the spiritual life shown to us so clearly through his writings. The result is the most satisfying biography of this exceptional English poet yet written. 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, which sharpened his sense of the role of imagination in the formation of the Gospel stories. He took this interest further, and into the realm of Christian paintings and their meaning, in Painting the Word, written while he was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Music at Midnight is the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert, whose Complete Poetry he is now editing for Penguin Classics. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Published by Allen Lane, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gold-color lettering on spine, full-color illustrated map endpapers, frontispiece, xix, 396 pp., 24 color plates, numerous text illus., unclipped illustrated jacket. Tiny bump on bottom corner of rear cover, otherwise minimal wear, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket. George Herbert [1593-1633] wrote, but never published, some of the greatest English poetry recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfillment and -- above all else -- love.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. London: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. Second impression of first edition. xix[i]+395[1]p. 24 colour illustrations on 16 plates, and 27 black and white illustrations including frontispiece and maps. A near fine copy in a similar unclipped dust jacket.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1846142482. with dustjacket, bright clean copy, Penguin Books Ltd, Professional booksellers since 1981.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 3rd impress. Page edges slightly toned. Dustwrapper unfaded ancd unclipped. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: xx, 396pp. 24 colour plates. Binding sound, text unmarked.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. N.B. Rubbing to top edge of D/J.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd impress. ~Page edges very slightly toned. Dustwrapper unfaded and unclipped. ~Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable, others on request. Size: xx, 396pp. 24 colour plates. No ownership marks. Binding tight, text unmarked.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Hardback. 1. 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 welcome.' 'Teach me my God and King.' 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. He was born in 1593 and died at the age of 39 in 1633, before the clouds of civil war gathered, his family aristocratic and his upbringing privileged. He showed worldly ambition and seemed sure of high public office and a career at court, but then for a time 'lost himself in a humble way', devoting himself to the restoration of the church at Leighton Bromswold in Buckinghamshire and then to his parish of Bemerton, three miles from Salisbury, whose cathedral music he called 'my heaven on earth'. When in the year of his death his friend Nicholas Ferrar, leader of the quasi-monastic community at Little Gidding, published Herbert's poems under the title The Temple, his fame was quickly established. Because he published no English poems during his lifetime, and dating most of them exactly is impossible, writing Herbert's biography is an unusual challenge. In this book John Drury sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it, and depth can be added to the narrative of Herbert's life. (T.S. Eliot: 'What we can confidently believe is that every poem in the book [The Temple] is in tune to the poet's experience'). His Herbert is not the saintly figure who has come down to us from John Aubrey, but a man torn for much of his life between worldly ambition and the spiritual life shown to us so clearly through his writings. The result is the most satisfying biography of this exceptional English poet yet written. 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, which sharpened his sense of the role of imagination in the formation of the Gospel stories. He took this interest further, and into the realm of Christian paintings and their meaning, in Painting the Word, written while he was Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Music at Midnight is the culmination of a lifetime's interest in Herbert, whose Complete Poetry he is now editing for Penguin Classics. 2013, First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked and unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w.
Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
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Published by Allen Lane, 2013
ISBN 10: 1846142482ISBN 13: 9781846142482
Seller: Hall of Books, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second impression hardback, 2013, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine condition in a near-fine, very slightly rubbed dust jacket (now protected). Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.