A Poet Before the Cross novel ISBN: 978-1950970490

ISBN: 978-1950970490

we lose it by fleeing even from its shadows

a critical introduction

we are catching our breath at a great deliverance

With them all at Blandings is George Emerson

A Poet Before the Cross novel ISBN: 978-1950970490By Paul Claudel A Poet Before the Cross is an impassioned testimony of faith, made through a series of meditations on the Cross and Christs seven last words. The title is perfectly intentional: Claudel as a poet stands, kneels, prays, and writes at the foot of the Cross, employing the full extent of and his literary genius and his explosive eloquence in this contemplation of the divine suffering and its salvific effects. Staunchly upholding the unity