This book provides a cognitive analysis of the poetry of George Herbert (1593-1633). From Herbert’s own thinking, recorded in his prose treatises, can be deduced that his poems should serve a specific function: teaching self-knowledge to his readers. The cognitive framework applied here can serve to explain this function.

Eelco van Es studied English literature and Pedagogy, and obtained his PhD in cultural studies in 2012 at the University of Groningen. He currently works there at the department of Culture and Cognition, and is particularly involved with the application of academic theories of culture to cultural education in primary and secondary schools.