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The poetry of meditation : a study in English religious literature of the seventeenth century
- Title
- The poetry of meditation : a study in English religious literature of the seventeenth century / by Louis L. Martz.
- Author
- Martz, Louis L. (Louis Lohr), 1913-2001.
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1962.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR549.R4 M32 1962 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxv, 375 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Series Statement
- A Yale paperbound ; Y-64
- Uniform Title
- Yale paperbound ; Y-64.
- Subject
- 1500-1700
- Geschichte 1600-1700
- English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Religious poetry, English > History and criticism
- Christian poetry, English > History and criticism
- Meditation in literature
- Christian poetry, English
- English poetry > Early modern
- Intellectual life
- Meditation in literature
- Religious poetry, English
- Christliche Lyrik
- Englisch
- Literatura Inglesa (Historia E Critica)
- Great Britain > Intellectual life > 17th century
- Great Britain
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- "Originally published as volume 125 in the Yale studies in English"--Title page verso
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-366) and index.
- Contents
- Preface to the first edition (1954) -- Preface to the second edition (1962) -- Introduction: Thesis ; Communications with the Counter Reformation ; Meditation: definition and distinctions ; Plan of the present study -- pt. I. The art of meditation. ch. 1. The method of meditation ; ch. 2. Meditations on the life of Christ ; ch. 3. Self-knowledge: the spiritual combat ; ch. 4. Problems in Puritan meditation: Richard Baxter -- pt. II. Three meditative poets. ch. 5. Robert Southwell and the seventeenth century ; ch. 6. John Donne in meditation: the Anniversaries ; ch. 7. George Herbert: in the presence of a friend ; ch. 8. George Herbert: the unity of The temple -- Conclusion: the meditative poem.
- ISBN
- 0300001657
- 9780300001655
- 0300007574
- 9780300007572
- LCCN
- 62006601
- OCLC
- ocm17701003
- 17701003
- SCSB-14430553
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library