Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life /
Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life / Acedia and me Kathleen Norris. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2008. - 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
Somewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
1594489963 9781594489969
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Acedia.
Apathy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Melancholy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Monastic and religious life.
Sadness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life / Acedia and me Kathleen Norris. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2008. - 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
Somewhere -- Tedium -- From eight bad thoughts to seven sins -- Psyche, soul, and muse -- Up and down -- Give me a word -- Acedia's progress -- Acedia's decline -- A silent despair -- The quotidian mysteries -- The "noon" of midlife -- Day by day -- And to the end arriving -- A widow's uneasy afterword -- Acedia: a commonplace book.
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
1594489963 9781594489969
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Acedia.
Apathy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Melancholy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Monastic and religious life.
Sadness--Religious aspects--Christianity.