The Dream of Gerontius

Name: The Dream of Gerontius
Author: Bl. John Henry Newman

Bl. John Henry Newman

Newman’s poem follows a dying man’s soul toward judgment, turning Christian hope and the fear of death into dramatic verse.

Poetry & Drama

Original date: Not yet verified

Reading level: Intermediate

Reading guides

Fr. John HardonSecondary source

Source notes & edition details

Fr. John Hardon
Matched title and author in the complete secondary transcription.

Peter Kreeft
Named in the published transcript of Kreeft’s lecture.

Assumption Press (2013), 56 pages
The Dream of Gerontius