George Herbert the Temple: A Diplomatic Edition of the Bodleian Manuscript (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

George Herbert (Author), Mario Di Cesare (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 107 pages
• Publisher: Mrts; illustrated edition edition (July 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0866980385
• ISBN-13: 978-0866980388
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,237,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the editor's description; ignore 5-star rating., January 14, 1999

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M. A. Di Cesare (Asheville, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Herbert the Temple: A Diplomatic Edition of the Bodleian Manuscript (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) (Hardcover)

Mario A. Di Cesare writes: The Bodleian manuscript of George Herbert's wonderful set of poems called The Temple is a beautiful work made with loving care at Little Gidding in the months after Herbert's death in 1633. It is also the most important manuscript of Herbert's poetry.

This volume presents an exact transcription of the manuscript, page by page, rendering precisely or recording not just the spelling and punctuation (including the placement of punctuation), but also the visual layout, the special characters (size, position, emphasis), the corrections and insertions, and the graphic characteristics of the page: Computer typography allowed me to imitate the original pages closely. (Lots of facsimile pages are also included.) My three-part introduction shows why contact with original manuscripts is important, argue the primacy of this manuscript for Herbert's text, and give critical readings of the poems themselves.

I am happy to report that my book has been widely praised by reviewers and called indispensable for anyone seriously interested in Herbert's poetry.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece of scholarship, July 4, 2007

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Michael D. Jones "Reader" (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Herbert the Temple: A Diplomatic Edition of the Bodleian Manuscript (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) (Hardcover)

I totally agree with tifepiphany! The work is a gift to all who love 17th Century poetry / George Herbert / and poetry of the highest level. The Critical Introduction alone makes this a necessary book - the re-creation of the text and a generous selection of facsimile prints on corresponding pages make this a delight! Do yourself and favor and buy this book... I bought 2 copies. Books like this usual cost 50 to 60 dollars. Thank you Mario Di Cesare for this amazing work that should set a new standard for scholarly re-creations of texts - especially for those of us who can not afford $150.00 facsimiles. This is now one of my most beloved books.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for students of Herbert & 17th Century Eng Lit, June 29, 2007

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Tifepiphany - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Herbert the Temple: A Diplomatic Edition of the Bodleian Manuscript (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies) (Hardcover)

The amount of detail in this reproduced/recreated edition of the Bolleian Tanner 307 edition of Herbert is a GREAT service to all interested in Herbert and 17th Century English Literature. This text, convincingly, elucidates many elements of the strong editing by Buck (1633) and makes available the source text for Buck and what is arguably the central text for understanding George Herbert. Thank you Mario Di Cesare!!!

--- by way of correction, Amazon lists this work as only a little over a hundred pages, it is in fact closer to 400 - and each page a treasure.