Author : Saint John of the Cross
Publisher : Harvill Secker
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Poems by : Saint John of the Cross
Download or read book The Poems written by Saint John of the Cross and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 2000 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 16th century Spanish Carmelite monk, St. John of the Cross, is not only one of the greatest of all Christian mystics. He is also considered by many to be Spain's finest religious poets His intense and profound poetry, marked by an extraordinary lyrical fervour, reflects his own mystical experiences and his aim to renounce all and surrender himself totally to the love of God. Only then, he believed, could the soul, purified of the taint of the material world, reach a state of grace. The finest English translation of the poems, a work of poetic art in its own right, was made by the South African Roy Campbell (1901 -1957) who succeeded in recreating the extraordinarily subtle music of the original verse and echoing their remarkable blend of sensuality and spirituality. In this bilingual edition the original Spanish poems are published, accompanied by Campbell's translation on facing pages.