An examination of monastic meditation, first published in 1998.
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Mary Carruthers is the author of The Craft of Thought (Cambridge 1998) and The Medieval Craft of Memory (University of Pennsylvania 2002) as well as of The Book of Memory (1990 and 2008). She divides her time between New York City and Oxford, where she holds the positions of Remarque Professor of Literature at New York University and Fellow of All Souls College.
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Seller: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Paper Back. Condition: New. While The Book of Memory proceeds from exterior objects to interior realities, The Craft of Thought, in complementary fashion, examines the interior practices of mental prayer and its exterior flowering in various types of literature, art, and architecture. The inner ''crafts'' of the great Fathers and saints brought forth abundant exterior memorials of epochal beauty. Seller Inventory # 8326
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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400 1200. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780521795418
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR007782240
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Moderate edge and corner wear; scuffing. Ding to top back corner resulting in slight crease also slightly affecting several inside leaves. (18). Seller Inventory # 000556
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Condition: Fair. Volume 34. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780521795418. Seller Inventory # 5555696
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Seller: Rarewaves USA, OSWEGO, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: New. The Craft of Thought, first published in 1998, is a companion to Mary Carruthers' earlier study of memory in medieval culture, The Book of Memory. This more recent volume examines medieval monastic meditation as a discipline for making thoughts, and discusses its influence on literature, art, and architecture. In a process akin to today's 'creative' thinking, or 'cognition', this discipline recognises the essential roles of imagination and emotion in meditation. Deriving examples from a variety of late antique and medieval sources, with excursions into modern architectural memorials, this study emphasises meditation as an act of literary composition or invention, the techniques of which notably involved both words and making mental 'pictures' for thinking and composing. Seller Inventory # LU-9780521795418