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The concepts of ecology and political economy did not exist in the seventeenth century. Political economy would not formally develop until the eighteenth century when writers like Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, and David Ricardo came to theorize the set of ideas that we now recognize as belonging to “the economy.” Likewise, ecology wasn’t identified as […]
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To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.
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The Flower This joyful poem is a celebration of God’s ‘returns’ – or rather, the speaker’s rediscovery of God’s presence after a period of spiritual barrenness. The tone is one of amazement at how simple and natural this recovery is: ‘Grief melts away / Like snow in May, / As if there were no such […]
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To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.
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Vertue This short poem is one of the most perfect lyrics in the English language. In pure and exquisitely simple phrases, it suggests the perfection of the created world – the new day, the bright rose, the fresh spring – yet also reminds us of the inevitably transitory nature of life. All the ‘sweet’ things […]
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To celebrate the publication of George Herbert: 100 Poems, we ask volume editor Helen Wilcox to pick her favourite George Herbert poems and explain why she chose them.
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