GOD'S COURTIER. Configuring a Different Grace in George Herbert's Temple.

First edition. Publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the gilt fresh, the cloth mildly faded to the spine and with a little bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a small pen mark to a prelim and a small blue 'J' stamp to the title page, are otherwise clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions.

'George Herbert is regarded as a metaphysical and at times a solely religious poet. In this book, Marion Singleton focuses on the relation between Herbert's poetry and the cultural background of his life. Singleton examines the style, structure and thematic basis of The Temple in the context of the Renaissance ideal of aristocratic courtliness. She provides a detailed study of Herbert's association with the literary tradition of the courtier and his strategic use of it in The Temple. God's Courtier touches upon issues of relevance not only to its nominal subject but also to the courtier poet tradition in general' (publisher's blurb).