The Readings of a Diarist: Thomas Merton as a Reader of Journals and Related Works (Part II)

The article looks into the readings of American Catholic writer and mystic Thomas Merton on the works of authors Søren Kierkgaard, Raïssa Maritain, Jacques Maritain, Albert Camus, and Matsúo Basho beginning in 1960. Topics discussed include Merton's reading of Kierkgaard's books "Atta...

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Main Author: Cao Martínez, Ramón 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2015
In: Cistercian studies quarterly
Year: 2015, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 319-369
Further subjects:B Matsuo, Bashō, 1644-1694
B Maritain, Raïssa
B Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973
B Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
B Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855
B Camus, Albert, 1913-1960
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Summary:The article looks into the readings of American Catholic writer and mystic Thomas Merton on the works of authors Søren Kierkgaard, Raïssa Maritain, Jacques Maritain, Albert Camus, and Matsúo Basho beginning in 1960. Topics discussed include Merton's reading of Kierkgaard's books "Attack Upon Christendom," which criticizes Christianity, "Fear and Trembling," Raissa's "Journal de Ra'issa," "The Plague" by Camus, and a haiku poem of Bashō.
ISSN:1062-6549
Contains:Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly