Download or read book The Blossoming Thorn written by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Austrian lyrical poet Georg Trakl, whose works many critics now rank with those of Rilke, Lorca, and T. S. Eliot, describes his work as "imperfect atonement." Allowing the poetry to speak for itself, this book presents a theological interpretation of Trakl's visionary work.