Download or read book Francis of Assisi and His “Canticle of Brother Sun” Reassessed written by B. Moloney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing the skills of a literary historian to the subject, Brian Moloney considers the genesis of Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of Brother Sun to show how it works as a carefully composed work of art. The study examines the saint's life and times, the structure of the poem, the features of its style, and the range of its possible meanings.