{"product_id":"st-john-of-the-cross-his-life-and-poetry-paperback-9780521099530","title":"St John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521099530","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSt John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn absorbing study of St John of the Cross, one of the foremost of Catholic mystics and poets.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGerald Brenan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521099530, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 July 1975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e250 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 14.4 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe paperback edition of a very successful and in some ways remarkable book, first published in 1973. Gerald Brenan is well known for his 'expository' works on Spanish history and literature, and now in his eighties he has returned to an early interest in the Spanish mystics to produce an absorbing study of St John of the Cross, one of the foremost of Catholic mystics and poets. The book is perhaps the first in English to combine an objective - but sensitive and lively - account of St John's life with a fresh translation (by Mr Brenan's associate Lynda Nicholson) of his verse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Life: 1. Childhood and youth\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Carmelite reform\u003cbr\u003e 3. Prison\u003cbr\u003e 4. El Calvario and Baeza\u003cbr\u003e 5. Granada\u003cbr\u003e 6. Segovia\u003cbr\u003e 7. Disgrace and death\u003cbr\u003e 8. The sequel\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Works: 9. An examination of the poetry\u003cbr\u003e 10. The prose works\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Poems: 'En una noche oscura': 'The Dark Night'\u003cbr\u003e 'Adónte te escondiste': 'The Spiritual Canticle' (Sanlúcar version)\u003cbr\u003e 'Oh, llama de amor viva': 'The Living Flame of Love'\u003cbr\u003e 'Quebien sé yo la fonte': 'Although by night'\u003cbr\u003e 'Un pastorcico, solo, está penado': 'A Pastoral'\u003cbr\u003e 'Vivo sin vivir en mí': 'Dying because I do not die'\u003cbr\u003e 'Tras de un amoroso lance': 'A quarry of Love'\u003cbr\u003e 'Entrème donde no supe': 'Verses written on an Ecstasy'\u003cbr\u003e 'Encima de las corrientes': 'Ballad on the Psalm 'By the Waters of Babylon''\u003cbr\u003e 'En el pincipio moraba': 'Ballad on Trinity and the Incarnation'\u003cbr\u003e 'Adónte te escondiste': 'The Spiritual Canticle (Jaén version)\u003cbr\u003e notes to the poems\u003cbr\u003e A select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Principal events in the life of St. John\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46002689933592,"sku":"9780521099530","price":36.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521099530i_8eae220a-13df-47bd-8460-f08887b52b98.jpg?v=1694970678","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/st-john-of-the-cross-his-life-and-poetry-paperback-9780521099530","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}