The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Hart, Patrick; Merton, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811209318 ISBN 13: 9780811209311

Publisher: New Directions, 1985

Synopsis

Discusses Blake, Joyce, Pasternak, Faulkner, Styron, O'Connor, Camus, symbolism, creativity, alienation, comtemplation, and freedom

About this title

From the Back Cover:

As wide a following as the late Thomas Merton had while he lived, ever since his tragic accidental death in Bangkok in 1968, there has been a steady upsurge of interest in both his life and writings. A priest and Trappist monk by vocation, his theological works have been instrumental in reforming Western monasticism and in carrying on the religious dialog botanist and West; an enormously productive poet, his poems display an astonishing technical versatility and deeply felt humanity. Merton's stature as a critic, however, was not fully appreciated until the publication in 1981 of the first collection of his distinct literary essays, now available as a paperbo ok.

About the Author:

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and was actively engaged with domestic issues of war and racism.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0811209318
• ISBN 13: 9780811209311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 549