Herbert Letter Discovered in Cambridge University Archives

We are pleased to announce that Jeffrey P. Beck, author of Writing the Flesh: The Herbert Family Dialogue (Duquesne, 1998) and Director of the School of Humanities at Penn State Harrisburg, has discovered a previously unknown letter of George Herbert. Written early in Herbert’s tenure as Public Orator of Cambridge… Continue reading…

Townend Wins 2017-2019 Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award

Jenna Townend wins the Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award of the George Herbert Society for 2017-2019 The panel of judges who evaluated all the dissertations submitted for consideration during the current award period praised Townend’s thesis as a remarkably accomplished work of both scholarship and critical analysis. Even a listing of… Continue reading…

Chenovick Receives Dissertation Award Honorable Mention

Clarissa Ann Chenovick receives Honorable Mention for the Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award of the George Herbert Society for 2017-2019 For the first time since the inception of the Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award of the George Herbert Society, the panel of judges has decided to make an Honorable Mention Award for… Continue reading…