Martz, Louis L.  1913-2001 <br/><br/>
The poetry of meditation ;  a study in English religious literature of the seventeenth century / 
by Louis L. Martz 
 - Revised edition. 
 - xxv, 375 pages :  illustrations, facsimiles. ;  20 cm 
 - Yale studies in English ;  v. 125 .
 - Yale studies in English Yale studies in English ;  v. 125 .
<br/><br/> "Originally published as volume 125 in the Yale studies in English"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-366) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Thesis ; Communications with the Counter Reformation ; Meditation: definition and distinctions ; Plan of the present study --pt. I. The art of meditation. ch. 1. The method of meditation ; ch. 2. Meditations on the life of Christ ; ch. 3. Self-knowledge: the spiritual combat ; ch. 4. Problems in Puritan meditation: Richard Baxter --pt. II. Three meditative poets. ch. 5. Robert Southwell and the seventeenth century ; ch. 6. John Donne in meditation: the Anniversaries ; ch. 7. George Herbert: in the presence of a friend ; ch. 8. George Herbert: the unity of The temple --Conclusion: the meditative poem. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0300001657 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christian poetry, English--History and criticism--Early modern, 1500-1700<br/>English poetry--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700<br/>Meditation in literature
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century