The chief interest of Kristine A. Wolberg's admirably clear and concise "All Possible Art": George Herbert's "The Country Parson" is that Herbert's model for the Parson was not the clerical manual, but the Italian courtesy book, especially M. Steeven Guazzo's Civil Conversation. The claim itself is not unfamiliar, but is resourcefully made. Wolberg is also good on Herbert's emphasis on outward, ritual performance over matters of doctrine and on the performance of good works over any inward conviction of faith.
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