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Title: Music at Midnight: The Life & Poetry of George Herbert
Author: DRURY JOHN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 25/06/2014
Imprint: PENGUIN BOOKS
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment and – above all else – love. In this acclaimed biography John Drury illuminates Herbert’s extraordinary poetry and the life and times that produced it. His Herbert is not the saintly figure that has become familiar today, but a man torn for much of his life between worldly ambition and the spiritual life shown to us so clearly through his writings. The result is the most satisfying and revealing biography of this exceptional English poet yet written.
‘Excellent, captivating, full of moving detail. A terrific book about a remarkable poet.’ Sally Vickers, Independent
‘Dazzling.’ David Grylls, Sunday Times
‘Something far richer than more conventional biographies offer . . . It is hard to imagine a better book . . . enables an immediate appreciation of the poems.’ Helen Cooper, Guardian
‘Magnificent . . . Herbert comes across as a passionate, troubled, even dandyish man, whose poetry was the stage for tormented dialogues with God.’ Michael Symmons Roberts, New Statesman, Books of the Year
‘Will probably never be bettered.’ Economist, Books of the Year
ISBN: 9780141043401
Pages: 288
Edition: 01