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he authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles

(Ceremony of Papal Coronation)

He knew no greater happiness than to make his mother suffer

Poetic Art Marcel critically lauded as an “anBy 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