Heart-work : George Herbert and the Protestant ethic
This book places George Herbert's writing and biography within the history of social and economic change in 17th-century England. The author argues that the doctrine of vocation is the shaping principle of "The Temple" and the prose manual "The Country Parson".
Print Book, English, 1999
Stanford University Press, Stanford (Calif.), 1999
XI, 297 p. ill. 23 cm
9780804729888, 0804729883
1014870676
List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. The country parson and the character of social identity; 2. George Herbert and coterie verse; 3. Gentility and vocation in the original temple; 4. The temple revised: 'selfnesse' and pollution; 5. The character of holiness in temple; 6. Pastoral, vocation, and 'private benefit'; 7. Religion and enterprise in the gardens of the Herbert family; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Index of works.