Words and Silence: On the Poetry of Thomas Merton
- ISBN-10
- 0811207129
- ISBN-13
- 9780811207126
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 166
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing
- Author
- Thérèse Lentfoehr
Description
Perceptions born of her friendship with Merton over the course of nearly three decades are shared in Sister Therese Lentfoehr's analysis of the entire corpus of the late Trappist monk's poetry.
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