Merton, Thomas
MERTON, THOMAS (1915–1968), Roman Catholic monk, author, and poet. Merton pursued a career that may be divided into three distinct phases: secular, monastic, and public. The secu...
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Merton, Thomas (1915-1968)
One of the most highly acclaimed writers of the twentieth century, Thomas Merton is best known in literary circles for his autobiographical novel of religious conversion, Th...
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Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Roman Catholic writer, was a Trappist monk, social critic, and spiritual guide.Thomas Merton was born in Prades, France, on January 31, 1915, the first-born child of an Amer...
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In the light of Thomas Merton's primary allegiance to the monastic life, one feels somewhat perplexed by his prodigious publication record. Merton was born in Prades, France, 31 January 1915, the son ...
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Critical Essay by James York Glimm
[Merton's] last poem, The Geography of Lograire, is, in his own words, a "wide angle mosaic" on the violence, intolerance and alienation of West...
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Critical Essay by Peter Kountz
The writing in The Seven Storey Mountain seems to be multi-level. From the very first page, Merton is not merely writing about past events, persons, places and things, h...
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Critical Essay by Daniel Berrigan
[Merton] came closest to being a buddhist poet, in the Chinese manner. The aura was the man; that is why, I think, his translations of Chuang are the best to be found...
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Critical Essay by Ross Labrie
A problem with [My Argument With the Gestapo] is its static and unresolved quality, a problem which no one appears to have been more aware of than Merton himself. He admi...
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Critical Essay by Robert Mcdowell
It is difficult … to examine adequately the exceptional qualities of Thomas Merton—because they are so many. If you tried to come up with the components...
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Critical Review by Robert Lowell
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work I...
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Critical Essay by Victor A. Kramer
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work I...
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Critical Essay by William H. Shannon
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work...
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Critical Review by George N. Shuster
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work...
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Critical Review by Aelred Graham
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work I...
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Critical Review by Daniel J. Callahan
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the wor...
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Critical Review by Richard Kostelanetz
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the wo...
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Critical Essay by Ross Labrie
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work I...
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Critical Essay by Sister Thérèse Lentfoehr
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of develop...
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Critical Review by D. J. R. Bruckner
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work...
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Critical Essay by Victor A. Kramer
Right. So, it's now eight years. I've many, many notebooks, but what I see when I examine the notebooks now are phases of development toward the work I...
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Thomas Merton is said to be one of the most well known American Roman Catholics of the twentieth century. However, there was not much of his life that was knowd. Thomas Merton was born in Prades, Fra...
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