Of Paradise and Light: A Study of Vaughan's 'Silex Scintillans'

Abstract

Preface Part I. The Shaping of the Poetry: 1. From within 2. The Bible 3. Herbert's poetry 4. Hermetic philosophy 5. The book of nature Part II. Studies of Four Major Poems: 6. 'Regeneration' - an interpretation 7. 'The Morning-Watch' 8. 'The Night' 9. 'They are all gone into the world of light' Part III. Some General Impressions: 10. Further notes on Vaughan's imagery 11. Vaughan's music 12. A rhetorical strain 13. The unity and continuity of Silex Scintillans 14. 'Clouded Star' Index.