Abstract:The article analyses and discusses the concepts of symbol and allegory in relation to Jean Baruzi's classic study of the poetry of St. John of the Cross, Saint John of the Cross and the Problem of Mystical Experience. These concepts have been accepted to greater or lesser degree by the majority of the St. John of the Cross critics.My reading attempts to trace the historical circumstances that conditioned Baruzi's approach and argues for the need to reassess the reach and the pertinence of applying these aesthe… Show more
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