{"product_id":"edward-and-george-herbert-in-the-european-republic-of-letters-9781526164094","title":"Edward and George Herbert in the European","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Herbert (1593-1633), the celebrated devotional poet, and his brother Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648), often described as the father of English deism, are rarely considered together. This collection explores connections between the full range of the brothers’ writings and activities, despite the apparent differences both in what they wrote and in how they lived their lives. More specifically, the volume demonstrates that despite these differences, each conceived of their extended republic of letters as militating against a violent and exclusive catholicity; theirs was a communion in which contention (or disputation) served to develop more dynamic forms of comprehensiveness. The literary, philosophical and musical production of the Herbert brothers appears here in its full European context, connected as they were with the Sidney clan and its investment in international Protestantism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe disciplinary boundaries between poetry, philosophy, politics and theology in modern universities are a stark contrast to the deep interconnectedness of these pursuits in the seventeenth century. Crossing disciplinary and territorial borders, contributors discuss a variety of texts and media, including poetry, musical practices, autobiography, letters, council literature, orations, philosophy, history and nascent religious anthropology, all serving as agents of the circulation and construction of transregionally inspired and collective responses to human conflict and violence. We see as never before the profound connections, face-to-face as well as textual, linking early modern British literary culture with the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: contentious communion—\u003ci\u003eGreg Miller\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnne-Marie Miller-Blaise\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking beyond borders: War and peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre: Experiences of the tragic and historiographic genres in Edward Herbert and George Herbert—\u003ci\u003eAnne-Marie Miller-Blaise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 The Thirty Years’ War and George Herbert’s communion, an answer to violence—\u003ci\u003eGreg Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 “Being” James I: Herbert of Cherbury’s vexed diplomacy—\u003ci\u003eNancy Zaice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Ceremony and self: Belligerent civility in Edward Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eAutobiography\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMichael Schoenfeldt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReconsidering conformity, community and universality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 “Gerson, a Spirituall Man”: Herbert and the University of Paris’s reformist chancellor— \u003ci\u003eChristopher Hodgkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Conformity and consent in Herbert of Cherbury—\u003ci\u003eAnita Sherman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 “Devout Humanism” and its problems: George Herbert and François de Sales—\u003ci\u003eRichard Strier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 George Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eThe Country Parson\u003c\/i\u003e and John Calvin’s pastoral advice—\u003ci\u003eKristine A. Wolberg and Lynnette St. George\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Edward Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eThe Amazon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDe Veritate\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCristina Malcolmson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoices of transnational communities: From conversation to song\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Edward Herbert within the fellowship of gentlemen plain speakers—\u003ci\u003eSean H. McDowell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 “The little World the Great shall blaze”: Edward Herbert, Thomas Carew, Giambattista Marino, and the poetics of embassy—\u003ci\u003eEleanor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Hardy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 George Herbert and three French Protestant poets (Chandieu, Grévin, Sponde)—\u003ci\u003eGuillaume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Coatalen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Becoming “a Citizen of the world”: Edward Herbert and continental music-making— \u003ci\u003eSimon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14 “Sweet Singers of our Israel”: French psalmody, the Sidneys and George Herbert—\u003ci\u003eHelen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Wilcox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041030537559,"sku":"9781526164094","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526164094.jpg?v=1750948672","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/edward-and-george-herbert-in-the-european-republic-of-letters-9781526164094","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}