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Pure act : the uncommon life of Robert Lax /
"A biography of experimental poet and spiritual seeker Robert Lax, who inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac and many others. Using information and stories drawn from journal entries, letters, interviews and the author's personal recollections, the book chronicles the development of Lax...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Catholic practice in North America.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Prologue: Going Back; 1 A Mutual Wonder-field; 2 Ends and Means; 3 Portals to a Land of Dusk; 4 The Cottage; 5 Lo, the sun walks forth!; 6 Suicide Notes; 7 The Scream; 8 Aquinas and the Circus Beckon; 9 The Siren Call of Hollywood; 10 On the Road with the Cristianis; 11 Being a Presence in Postwar Marseilles; 12 Entering the Lion's Mouth; 13 Paris, Jubilee, and Kerouac; 14 Inspiration in a Greek Diner; 15 A New Poetics; 16 "Original Child Bomb" and an Island Home; 17 The Sorrow of the Sponge Diver; 18 A Saint of the Avant-Garde; 19 Alone in the World.
- 20 A Galapagos of the Spirit21 All Thoughts as They Come; 22 The Flaw in the Ideal; 23 Hell Hath No Fury; 24 Finding a Common Language; 25 Pure Act Becomes Pure Love; 26 The Peacemaker's Handbook; Epilogue: The Singer and the Song; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Acknowledgments; Photographs.