The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works
Author(s): Various; A. C. Spearing (Editor)
Philosophy, Spirituality & Religion
This collection includes The Cloud of Unknowing, The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer. Against a tradition of devotional writings which focussed on knowing God through Christ's Passion and his humanity, these texts describe a transcendent God who exists beyond human knowledge and human language. These four texts are at the heart of medival mystical theology in their call for contion, calm, and above all, love, as the way to understand the Divine.
General Information
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : 0.156
- : 31 December 2001
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Various; A. C. Spearing (Editor)
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : eng
- : 208
- : HRCS1
- : notes, further reading
More About The Product
The identity of the author of The Cloud of Unknowing is not known, but he was probably an English country parson who lived during the latter half of the 14th century.
A. C. Spearing is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He has published widely on medieval literature and has translated Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love for Penguin Classics.
