A Poet Before the Cross Claudel Scientific American

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A Poet Before the Cross Claudel Scientific AmericanBy Paul Claudel A Poet Before the Cross is an impassioned testimony of faith, made through a series of meditations on the Cross and Christs seven last words. The title is perfectly intentional: Claudel as a poet stands, kneels, prays, and writes at the foot of the Cross, employing the full extent of and his literary genius and his explosive eloquence in this contemplation of the divine suffering and its salvific effects. Staunchly upholding the unity