Classics of the soul's quest / by R. E. Welsh

Welsh, Robert E

Published by London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1922

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. * Estimated year of publication. Physical description; 342 p ; 21 cm. Contents; Introductory survey. -- St. Augustine's "Confessions". -- Dante's "Vision": the "Divine comedy". -- Tauler's "Sermons". -- "Theologia germanica". -- Thomas à Kempis' "Imitatio Christi". -- Bunyan's "Grace abounding" and "Pilgrim's progress". -- William Law's "Serious call": Jacob Behmen and John Wesley. -- Tolstoy's "Confessions". -- Marcus Aurelius in Walter Pater's "Marius the Epicurean". -- Rabindranath Tagore's "Song offerings" and "Meditations"; and his Indian precursors. -- The significance of the same: comparisons -- Stoics, Omar Khayyám -- and the distinctiveness of Christian experience. -- Appendix I. Kindred classics in brief: Pascal's "Thoughts" and Amiel's "Journal"; Sta. Teresa, Quietists, Madame Guyon, and Quakers; Jeremy Taylor's "Holy living" and "Holy dying"; Samuel Rutherford's "Letters"; Newman's "Apologia pro vita sua." Appendix II. Select list of books on classics. Subjects; Religion in literature. Christianity in literature. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classics of the soul's quest / by R. E. Welsh
• Publisher: London : Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication Date: 1922
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Assumed 1st edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram