The Poems Of St John Of The Cross
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A landmark work in the tradition of sacred poetry and literary translation, The Poems of St John of the Cross presents Roy Campbell's celebrated English renderings of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic's most profound verse. St John of the Cross, a Carmelite friar and Doctor of the Church, composed poetry of extraordinary intensity, chronicling the soul's arduous and ecstatic journey toward union with the divine — most famously in Dark Night of the Soul and The Spiritual Canticle. Campbell, himself a poet of considerable power, brings a rare lyrical authority to the task, preserving the soaring, luminous quality of the original Spanish while rendering it accessible to English-speaking readers. The tone throughout is one of rapturous devotion and hard-won spiritual clarity, balancing the anguish of divine longing with the transcendent joy of mystical fulfillment. This translation stands as one of the finest in the English language, a testament to both the enduring genius of St John and the formidable craft of its translator.
Author: Roy Campbell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Harvill Press
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A landmark work in the tradition of sacred poetry and literary translation, The Poems of St John of the Cross presents Roy Campbell's celebrated English renderings of the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic's most profound verse. St John of the Cross, a Carmelite friar and Doctor of the Church, composed poetry of extraordinary intensity, chronicling the soul's arduous and ecstatic journey toward union with the divine — most famously in Dark Night of the Soul and The Spiritual Canticle. Campbell, himself a poet of considerable power, brings a rare lyrical authority to the task, preserving the soaring, luminous quality of the original Spanish while rendering it accessible to English-speaking readers. The tone throughout is one of rapturous devotion and hard-won spiritual clarity, balancing the anguish of divine longing with the transcendent joy of mystical fulfillment. This translation stands as one of the finest in the English language, a testament to both the enduring genius of St John and the formidable craft of its translator.