George Herbert and Post-phenomenology

This reading of George Herberts poetry takes advantage of contemporary philosophical reflection on the givenness of being and of language. The book presents George Herberts poetic sequence, The Temple, as the poets response to a call which originates in the Word made flesh and at the same time resounds within the depths of an individual self. The focus of this analysis falls on the essential Englishness of Herberts poetry and its material weight: its visual concreteness, its musical harmonies, and its attention to human flesh made (English) word.