Translating poetry of 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, this edition includes original poems on facing pages, scholarly notes, a bibliography, and color illustrations.
Translating poetry of 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, this edition includes original poems on facing pages, scholarly notes, a bibl...
Claiming to be a literary interpretation, this poem of forty stanza's is loosely based on the Biblical book of Song of Songs. This story follows a bride that has been separated from her bridegroom and her search for him. If it is not obvious enough from the reading of the poem itself and St. John of the Cross's extensive explanation afterwards, the poem is a literary interpretation of Song of Songs, but also of the soul's search for Jesus Christ.
Claiming to be a literary interpretation, this poem of forty stanza's is loosely based on the Biblical book of Song of Songs. This story follows a bri...
