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1 online resource (ix, 263 pages) |
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Romanticism and mysticism -- Consciousness and being -- Solitude and the self -- Nature and time -- Paradise and the child's vision -- The imagination and art -- Myth and culture -- Individuation, unity, and inclusiveness |
| Summary |
Thomas Merton, described as the most important American religious writer of the past hundred years, was a Roman Catholic priest, a Trappist monk, a social activist, and a poet. One of the notable characteristics of Merton's writing, both in poetry and in prose, was his seamless intermingling of religious and Romantic elements, an intermingling that, because of his gifts as a writer and because of his enormous influence, has had the effect of making widespread a distinctive form of religious thought and expression. In this book, Ross Labrie reveals the breadth of Merton's intellectual reach by taking an original and systematic look at Merton's thought, which is generally regarded as eclectic and unsystematic. This work, which takes into account material from Merton's journals and from his Columbia University notebooks on Romanticism, not only shows Merton's intellectual growth but provides a look at his expansive interests as well |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 fast |
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Romanticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Christian poetry, American -- History and criticism
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Imagination in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Christian poetry, American
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Imagination in literature
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Romanticism
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Romantiek.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0826262791 |
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9780826262790 |
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9780826213822 |
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0826213820 |
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