L’éloquence de la suavitas : Richard Crashaw et la spiritualité salésienne

This essay aims to examine a certain number of affinities that can be found between Richard Crashaw’s poetry and the works of Francis de Sales. A network of biographical, spiritual as well as literary likenesses unites the authors’ worlds. The “Doctor of Divine Love”’s affective theology perfectly i...

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Main Author: Vincent Roger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2008-06-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/909
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