Poetic Art Marcel Hope and History assesses the

Hope and History assesses the acutely urgent question of what precisely constitutes the meaning of and the grounding for hope

(Ceremony of Papal Coronation)

critically lauded as an “an exalted tale

the last bastion of religion

is symptomatic of an impaired vision which perceives only the content of the cosmos

Poetic Art Marcel Hope and History assesses theBy 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