Thomas Merton (essay date 1954)
SOURCE: Merton, Thomas. “Saint Bernard's Writings.” The Last of the Fathers: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical Letter, Doctor Mellifluus, pp. 47-67. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1954.
[In the following excerpt, Merton surveys Bernard's best-known writings, which he says offer a coherent doctrine that embraces life. The critic characterizes them as the work of a mystic who emphasizes grace and expresses in lyrical terms his love for Jesus.]
It seems that one of the things Saint Bernard...
Source: Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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