Poetic Art Gilson whose wisdom “is running on

whose wisdom “is running on the highways of the world before the footsteps of God

they “govern all the problems which torment it

the brutal toil

(1864–1914) discerned his vocation at the age of sixteen after reading Lacordaire’s Life of Saint Dominic

retreat conferences

Poetic Art Gilson whose wisdom “is running onBy 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