Words And Silence: On The Poetry Of Thomas Merton,Used
Words And Silence: On The Poetry Of Thomas Merton,Used

Words And Silence: On The Poetry Of Thomas Merton,Used

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Words And Silence: On The Poetry Of Thomas Merton Brings To The Study Of The Late Trappist Monks Verse The Special Perceptions Born Of A Friendship Of Nearly Three Decades Duration. It Started With A Brief Correspondence Between Two Poets In 1939, Two Years Before Merton Entered The Monastery Of Gethsemani In Kentucky, And Lasted Until His Tragic Accidental Death In 1968. Throughout These Years, Sister Therese Lentfoehr Held A Number Of University Positions In Her Native Wisconsin And Elsewhere, All The While Amassing An Extensive Merton Archival Collection, Including Various Drafts Of Individual Poems And Prose Pieces, Translations, Books And Pamphlets, And Even Portions Of Handwritten Private Journals. The Comparison Of Variant Readingssometimes Three Or Four Drafts Of A Single Poemproved Invaluable In Preparing This Study. But Of Greater Worth Was The Continued Intellectual Sharing That Not Only Gave Sister Therese Growing Insight Into Merton The Monk And Contemplative But Afforded Her A Working Understanding, As It Were, Of His Poetic Vision. Beginning With His Pretrappist Writing And His First Published Collection In 1911, Sister Therese Systematically Analyses The Entire Corpus Of Mertons Poetrythe Earlier Monastic Preoccupations To The Later Zen Influences, The Recurrent Religious And Social Themes, The Increasingly Surreal Imagery, And The Developing Antipoetry Of His Final Books. Provided With A Bibliography And Index, Words And Silence Is A Recommended Companion To The Collected Poems Of Thomas Merton (1977), A Key To The Very Mind And Spirit Of An Extraordinary Monk And Poet.

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