Life of the Servant - Couverture souple

Suso, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0227678621 ISBN 13 : 9780227678626

Editeur : James Clarke & Co Ltd, 1982

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

'If this is not heaven, I do not know what heaven is, for all the suffering that can ever be put into words, could not enable anyone to earn such a reward and for ever possess it.' A central figure in Christian mystical literature, the Dominican Prior Henry Suso was the author of the seminal work 'The Life of the Servant'. Transcribed by an enlightened amanuensis without his explicit consent, Suso began burning the manuscript until a heavenly missive from God decreed that the text should be spared further desecration. The remaining fragments of that conflagration are vividly resurrected in this volume, elegantly translated by James M. Clark. Suso's subjective account of the spiritual and invisible world, told in prose of unsurpassed poetic beauty, is reflective of the ardent spirituality of his devotion. Informed by severe mortifications, visions, ecstasies and revelations, this canonical text endures as a sublime cultural artefact. Resonating profoundly with contemporary concerns about austerity and materialism, this classic text of mysticism is once again accessible to a new generation of readers and to those existing admirers seeking to re-evaluate its many virtues. Henry Suso (1300-66) was a German Dominican friar and a noted spiritual writer and mystic. His other spiritual writings include the 'Horologium Sapientiae' ( The Clock of Wisdom) and 'Exemplar Seuses' ( The Exemplar). James M. Clark, late Professor of German at Glasgow University, wrote 'The Great German Mystics: Eckhart, Tauler and Suso'.

Revue de presse :

The Life of the Servant presents characteristics usually associated to religious literature, like The Confessions of St. Augustine and The Imitation of Christ. It collects several personal experiences, told shortly but brightly. They are characterized from the typical literary expressiveness that introduces the medieval amorous poetry into a religious and sacred field. --Dialogo Filosofico vol III, issue 14, September/December

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0227678621
• ISBN 13: 9780227678626
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144