Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life
Norris, Kathleen , 1947-
Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life Acedia and me / Kathleen Norris - New York : Riverhead Books , c2008. - 334 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
Somewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
9781594489969
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen , 1947-
Acedia
Melancholy----Religious aspects----Christianity
Sadness---Religious aspects---Christianity
Monastic & religious life
BT732.4 / .N67 2008
248.86 NOR
Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life Acedia and me / Kathleen Norris - New York : Riverhead Books , c2008. - 334 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
Somewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
9781594489969
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen , 1947-
Acedia
Melancholy----Religious aspects----Christianity
Sadness---Religious aspects---Christianity
Monastic & religious life
BT732.4 / .N67 2008
248.86 NOR
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