I completed my dissertation in the fall of 2000 under the supervision of Patricia Demers and David Miall at the University of Alberta. Entitled "‘All the Constellations of the Storie:’ George Herbert’s Temple and Early Modern English Textual Common Places," the study examines some of the popular genres and textual habits that characterized the literary culture in which The Temple was produced and received. I specifically consider the technique of locating and storing ‘common places’--rich conceptual and stylistic fragments--for use in future writing or speaking. This technique spanned both reading and composition, framing texts as common material read to be used. I argue that Herbert invited such a reading, prompting readers to search out and collate textual place with place, and ultimately, to collate textual places with their own lives. In developing this idea, I examine the reading practices associated with four popular genres or sites: harmonized gospels; the printed commonplace book; the emblem book; and the church building, which was ‘filled with text’ at the time. I argue that each of these offers important insights into Herbert’s project and its likely reception. Early editions of The Temple carry features that connect it materially to these genres, particularly its alphabetical table and index, its striking typographical arrangements, and its invocation of architectural space. These features were not unusual to readers, but were surprising in a book of poetry, and I argue that they were key to establishing the book’s interpretive context, framing it as an interactive engine, fully operating only when the reader actively set about configuring and reconfiguring its places. I have reworked the fourth chapter (on The Temple and church buildings) as an illustrated, hypertextual essay, available at <www.humanities.ualberta.ca/herbert>.