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George Herbert

George Herbert (1593-1633)

  1. Born inĀ  Montgomery, Wales, in 1593.
  2. His mother Magdalen Newport was Patron to John Donne, Who dedicated his Holy Sonnets to her
  3. Was appointed as a reader in Rhetoric at cambridge.
  4. In 1620 elected a public orator.
  5. Became an Anglican priest.
  6. Works:
    1. The Temple (a collection of religious poems.)
    2. A Priest to the Temple (a prose tract that offers practical wisdom to clergy)
    3. The Affliction
      1. Series of Five Poems.

Posted in English Literature, English Poetry, NTA UGC NET English Literature

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