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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Catholic Practice in North America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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