Poetic Art Gilson he impresses his neighbors with

he impresses his neighbors with his quiet strength and generous charity

(1864–1914) discerned his vocation at the age of sixteen after reading Lacordaire’s Life of Saint Dominic

aims to facilitate a comprehensive introduction to CST anchored in the Church’s classic documents

they “govern all the problems which torment it

–François Mauriac

Poetic Art Gilson he impresses his neighbors withBy Paul Claudel Poetic Art is a proclamation of poetic theory, a fiat to the magnificent vocation of deciphering the mysteries of reality through the practice of poetry. Claudel counted Poetic Art among his most valuable writingsdespite its relatively lukewarm critical receptionas it investigates the metaphysics of poetry and its unique power to reveal truths about God, man, and the cosmos. In the words of one scholar and critic, these pages lift us