| The Poems of St. John of the Cross Revised Edition Contributor(s): Barnstone, Willis (Translator), Barnstone, Willis (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0811204499 ISBN-13: 9780811204491 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1972 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Poetry | Medieval |
| Dewey: 861.3 |
| LCCN: 68014597 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.32 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many critics regard the work of Saint John of the Cross (1542-91), the 16th-century mystic, to be among the finest poetry Spain has produced. This bilingual edition, the first in modern English, was originally published in hard cover in 1968 by the Indiana University Press. Most of these poems were written during a period of nine months, in 1577-78, when Saint John (San Juan de la Cruz) was imprisoned and tortured in the dungeon of a small Carmelite monastery in Toledo, and their recurrent motifs are both metaphysical and deeply personal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barnstone, Willis: - Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris.Barnstone, Willis: - Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris. |