Thomas Merton and James Laughlin
selected letters
1st ed.
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Contributions
- Laughlin, James, 1914- - Contributor
- Cooper, David D. - Contributor
Publication
1997 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
99,500 words, Guess
Page Count
398 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1000876M
- ISBN-100393040690
- OCLC Control Number35978652
- OCLC Control Numberthomasmertonjame00mert
- Library of Congress Control Number96039819
and 2 more
- Goodreads505947
- LibraryThing1139233
Classifications
- DDC818/.5409
- LCCPS3525.E7174 Z485 1997
Description
Thomas Merton must have seemed an unlikely candidate for best-selling author. Cloistered in a remote Kentucky monastery, Merton struggled as a young man to reconcile his intrinsic desire to write with his chosen life as a Trappist monk. James Laughlin encountered Merton's work early, when it was still firmly rooted in religious theme and form. Although he had created the New Directions Publishing Corporation as a means of participating in the fledgling modernist literary movement, Laughlin recognized in Merton's poetry a profound voice that even the strictest self-censorship could not hide. He encouraged the young monk to follow his poetic instincts and was richly rewarded. Merton developed into one of Laughlin's most daring authors, revealing in poems and essays a tremendous world view encompassing issues of race, politics, war, and the spiritual decay of modern society. Nearly thirty years of lively correspondence documents this remarkable literary and personal relationship. The different perspectives of Merton and Laughlin produce a fascinating portrait of the times, and their letters open an important window into the life and mind of Thomas Merton.
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