A magnificent
anthology
of world poetry
and prose
on one of the
most agonizing,
baffling, and
inspiring of all
themes-the
Cross of Christ
W
ITH
selections by writ–
ers of many eras and
cultures, ranging from
Biblical times to twentieth–
century
New
York - includ–
ing King David, St. John of
the Cross, Par Lagerkvist,
Flannery O'Connor, Robert
Lowell, Dylan Thomas, T. S.
Eliot, Graham Greene, and
many others. There are over
a dozen entirely new transla–
tions from French, Italian,
German, Spanish, Norse, and
Middle English.
Edited
by
SISTER MARY
IMMACULATE, C.S.C.
Preface
by
W. 1-1. AUDEN
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