George Herbert and the Dangers of Invention

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities

STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2020-03-12 DOI:10.1353/sel.2020.0002

Anne Boemler

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Abstract

Abstract:Where Renaissance theorists define invention either as discovering and imitating the best models for writing or as creating a better and more virtuous world, George Herbert redefines poetic invention as the usurpation of God’s creative power. In order to avoid such presumption in his own poetry, he insists that the task of the godly poet must be imitation in its most literal, letter-by-letter sense: copying God’s own language, as if by hand. The metaphor of writing as copying reaches its fullest expression in Herbert’s wordplay-heavy poems, in which the poet breaks words into their composite letters to discover God’s truth.

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乔治·赫伯特和发明的危险

摘要:文艺复兴时期的理论家将发明定义为发现和模仿最好的写作模式，或者创造一个更美好、更有道德的世界，而乔治·赫伯特则将诗歌的发明重新定义为对上帝创造力的篡夺。为了避免在自己的诗歌中出现这样的臆想，他坚持认为敬虔诗人的任务必须是逐字逐句的模仿:模仿上帝自己的语言，就像用手一样。在赫伯特那些充满文字游戏的诗歌中，写作就是复制的隐喻得到了最充分的表达，在这些诗歌中，诗人将单词分解成复合字母，以发现上帝的真理。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.

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