The Dream of Gerontius: The Annotated Study Edition - Softcover

Newman, Cardinal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1725741938 ISBN 13: 9781725741935

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

“Novissima hora est; and I fain would sleep, The pain has wearied me.... Into Thy hands, O Lord, into Thy hands....” Cardinal Newman’s classic poetical account of the dying man’s struggle, and his soul’s subsequent descent into Purgatory, is here reissued by CBy in a comprehensive students’ edition, featuring full annotations, metrical analysis and an introduction by Maurice Francis Egan, and a biographical note on the life of the author. Gerontius is primarily known today for the musical setting it inspired by Edward Elgar, but in this edition, stripped of the music, the beauty of Newman’s verse is lain bare, with its universal messages of death, loss, and the eventual hope of redemption: “Farewell, but not for ever! brother dear, Be brave and patient on thy bed of sorrow; Swiftly shall pass thy night of trial here, And I will come and wake thee on the morrow.”

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1725741938
• ISBN 13: 9781725741935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88
• Editor: Publishing CBy
• Illustrator: Publishing CBy