Edward and George Herbert in the European Republic of Letters
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Edward and George Herbert in the European Republic of Letters
By (Author) Greg Miller
Edited by Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
2nd August 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
History of ideas
821.3
Physical Properties
Hardback
424
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 24mm
635g
Description
The Anglo-Welsh aristocrats George Herbert (15931633) and Edward Herbert (15831648) are striking examples of an early European republic of letters in a moment of transition, before and during the Thirty Years War.
Each in his own way conceived of his republic as militating against a violent and exclusive catholicity. This volume argues that in the Herbert brothers lives and works, a cosmopolitanism born of warfare and strife imagined a radical communion and openness. The contributors explore a variety of texts and media, including poetry, musical practices, autobiography, letters, council literature, orations, philosophical and historical works and nascent religious anthropology. All served as agents of the circulation and construction of collective responses to human conflict and violence.
Author Bio
Greg Miller is Professor Emeritus of English at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi
Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at Universit Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris and a member of the Institut Universitaire de France
