Men And Saints: Prose And Poetry
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj. Pages: tanning and foxing. Internally sound.
At the crossroads of faith, patriotism, and moral conscience stands Charles Péguy — one of France's most fiercely original voices — whose collected prose and poetry in Men and Saints illuminates the spiritual and political tensions of early twentieth-century Europe with extraordinary intensity. Rendered into English by Anne and Julian Green, this anthology presents a carefully curated selection of Péguy's most celebrated writings, weaving together meditations on heroism, sainthood, suffering, and the sacred duty of the individual to both God and country. Péguy's style is unmistakably his own: incantatory, repetitive, and deeply rooted in the Catholic mystical tradition, yet simultaneously charged with the urgency of a man living through the social upheavals of the Dreyfus Affair and the looming catastrophe of the First World War. His writing argues with equal fervour for the dignity of labour, the sanctity of hope, and the redemptive power of sacrifice — themes that resonated powerfully with readers long after his death on the battlefield in 1914. Published by the prestigious London house Kegan Paul, Men and Saints remains an essential introduction to a poet and thinker whose moral courage and lyrical genius continue to challenge and inspire.
Author: Charles Péguy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1947, Kegan Paul
Genre: Poetry
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: FEP missing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj. Pages: tanning and foxing. Internally sound.
At the crossroads of faith, patriotism, and moral conscience stands Charles Péguy — one of France's most fiercely original voices — whose collected prose and poetry in Men and Saints illuminates the spiritual and political tensions of early twentieth-century Europe with extraordinary intensity. Rendered into English by Anne and Julian Green, this anthology presents a carefully curated selection of Péguy's most celebrated writings, weaving together meditations on heroism, sainthood, suffering, and the sacred duty of the individual to both God and country. Péguy's style is unmistakably his own: incantatory, repetitive, and deeply rooted in the Catholic mystical tradition, yet simultaneously charged with the urgency of a man living through the social upheavals of the Dreyfus Affair and the looming catastrophe of the First World War. His writing argues with equal fervour for the dignity of labour, the sanctity of hope, and the redemptive power of sacrifice — themes that resonated powerfully with readers long after his death on the battlefield in 1914. Published by the prestigious London house Kegan Paul, Men and Saints remains an essential introduction to a poet and thinker whose moral courage and lyrical genius continue to challenge and inspire.