St John of the Cross

An absorbing study of St John of the Cross, one of the foremost of Catholic mystics and poets.

List of illustrations; Preface; Part I. The Life: 1. Childhood and youth; 2. The Carmelite reform; 3. Prison; 4. El Calvario and Baeza; 5. Granada; 6. Segovia; 7. Disgrace and death; 8. The sequel; Appendices; Part II. The Works: 9. An examination of the poetry; 10. The prose works; Part III. The Poems: 'En una noche oscura': 'The Dark Night'; 'Adónte te escondiste': 'The Spiritual Canticle' (Sanlúcar version); 'Oh, llama de amor viva': 'The Living Flame of Love'; 'Quebien sé yo la fonte': 'Although by night'; 'Un pastorcico, solo, está penado': 'A Pastoral'; 'Vivo sin vivir en mí': 'Dying because I do not die'; 'Tras de un amoroso lance': 'A quarry of Love'; 'Entrème donde no supe': 'Verses written on an Ecstasy'; 'Encima de las corrientes': 'Ballad on the Psalm 'By the Waters of Babylon''; 'En el pincipio moraba': 'Ballad on Trinity and the Incarnation'; 'Adónte te escondiste': 'The Spiritual Canticle (Jaén version); notes to the poems; A select bibliography; Principal events in the life of St. John; Index.