Books and Religious Devotion : The Redemptive Reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England

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Autor principal: Westphall, Allan F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park : Penn State University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Connary, Thomas, > 1814-1899.
Connary, Thomas, > 1814-1899 > Library.
Marginalia.
Libraries.
Books and reading > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Books and reading.
Livres et lecture > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Notes marginales > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Marginalia > New England > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > New England > History > 19th century.
New England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface: A Discovery and Serendipitous Journeys
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • "I Am Here"
  • Studying Used Books: The Plan of the Argument
  • Reading
  • Paratext
  • Obsession
  • Epiphany
  • 1 IRISH AMERICAN PRINT CULTURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A PRIVATE LIBRARY
  • A Collector and Reader
  • F. Lewis [Louis of Granada], The Sinner's Guide
  • Thomas H. Kinane, The Dove of the Tabernacle
  • James Balmes, Fundamental Philosophy
  • George Foxcroft Haskins, Travels in England, France, Italy, and Ireland
  • Periodicals and Newspapers
  • Reading for Guidance and Edification: "Book Keeping" in the Connary Household
  • EPIPHANY: "SEEING VERY PLAINLY"
  • 2 "LABORING IN MY BOOKS": THOMAS CONNARY'S BOOK ENHANCEMENTS
  • Enhancing "the Blank Paper Surface Room"
  • Decorative Embellishment and Extra-Illustration
  • Newspaper and Magazine Clippings
  • Diary and Miscellaneous Records
  • Prayers and Religious Assertions
  • Planning Reading
  • A Reader's Responses
  • The Autonomous Reader
  • EPIPHANY: THE LAMP
  • 3 REDEMPTIVE READING IN THE CONNARY HOUSEHOLD
  • Domestic Reading and the Presence of the Book
  • The Social Annotator
  • Heavenly Books
  • "Putting Books to Work": A Culture of Redemptive Reading
  • Book Signing
  • "The Pen and the Press-Blest Alliance Combined!": Thomas Connary in Print
  • EPIPHANY: THE ROAD TO LANCASTER
  • 4 THE FARMER'S TREASURE: THOMAS CONNARY READING ST. FRANCIS OF SALES AND JULIAN OF NORWICH
  • Reading the Classics
  • The Books of "Mother Juliana" and "Our Saint Francis"
  • On Being Elsewhere: Inscribing Longing and Transcendence in the Spiritual Conferences of St. Francis of Sales
  • The Spiritual Epiphany
  • Reading Julian
  • In Dialogue with Julian
  • Finding Comfort in Julian: Reflections on Incorporation and Salvation
  • "The Social Joys of Heaven" and the Problem of Contention
  • EPIPHANY: "NO PRIEST OR BISHOP IN THIS CHURCH BUT HIMSELF ALONE"
  • 5 BOOK KEEPING, LONGING, AND BESETMENT
  • In a Room of His Own: Book Enhancement and Besetment
  • "We Must Never Be Too Full of Words": Preaching in Stratford
  • Madness in the Books
  • Vessels of Nostalgia
  • Peace and Communality
  • EPILOGUE: ROME UNVISITED
  • Appendix: The Contents of Thomas Connary's Library
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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