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US US-kylobm TMC-RG4-i-A-041-E1-#1
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Title
Manuscript (Preface to the fr edition.).
Date(s)
- 1957-11-01 (Creation)
Extent
2 pages; 28 x 22 cm; Xerograph of typescript
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "This book is not intended to be a guide to the mystical life, or a synthesis of contemplative.." Contents: 2 copies of the fr edition's preface. Original in collection of Sr. Thérèse Lentfoehr at Columbia University..
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Languages of the material
- English