The English poet Richard Crashaw (ca. 1612-1649) was Roman Catholic in sensibility and ultimately in allegiance. His poetry is the single major body of work in English that can be called baroque.Richa...
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The intense and intimate depiction of Richard Crashaw that prefaces his English volumes of poetry (Steps to the Temple, 1646, enlarged 1648) is also a candlelit window that opens on his soul. To look ...
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Crashaw uses many religious themes in his poems. From his three poems: "To the Infant Martyrs", "I am the Door" and "On the Wounds of Our Crucified Lord" we can learn what few of those themes are. ...
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Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw
