Pure Act : : The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax / / Michael N. McGregor.
Excellence in Publishing Award, Association of Catholic PublishersHonorable Mention, Catholic Press Association Book AwardFinalist, Washington State Book AwardPure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton,...
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McGregor, Michael N., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Pure Act : The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax / Michael N. McGregor. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (472 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Catholic Practice in North America Frontmatter -- 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 Spirit -- 21 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 -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Excellence in Publishing Award, Association of Catholic PublishersHonorable Mention, Catholic Press Association Book AwardFinalist, Washington State Book AwardPure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers, artists and ordinary people. Known in the U.S. primarily as Merton's best friend and in Europe as a daringly original avant-garde poet, Lax left behind a promising New York writing career to travel with a circus, live among immigrants in post-war Marseilles and settle on a series of remote Greek islands where he learned and recorded the simple wisdom of the local people. Born a Jew, he became a Catholic and found the authentic community he sought in Greek Orthodox fishermen and sponge divers.In his early life, as he alternated working at The New Yorker, writing screenplays in Hollywood and editing a Paris literary journal with studying philosophy, serving the poor in Harlem and living in a sanctuary high in the French Alps, Lax pursued an approach to life he called pure act-a way of living in the moment that was both spontaneous and practiced, God-inspired and self-chosen. By devoting himself to simplicity, poverty and prayer, he expanded his capacity for peace, joy and love while producing distinctive poetry of such stark beauty critics called him "one of America's greatest experimental poets" and "one of the new 'saints' of the avant-garde."Written by a writer who met Lax in Greece when he was a young seeker himself and visited him regularly over fifteen years, Pure Act is an intimate look at an extraordinary but little-known life. Much more than just a biography, it's a tale of adventure, an exploration of friendship, an anthology of wisdom, and a testament to the liberating power of living an uncommon life. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Poetry Authorship. Poets, American 20th century Biography. RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts. bisacsh Authentic. Authenticity. Catholic. Experimental Poetry. Greece. Jack Kerouac. Robert Lax. Simplicity. Spiritual Life. Thomas Merton. Writers. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110729030 print 9780823268016 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823268030?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823268030 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823268030/original |
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