Thomas Merton And James Laughlin. Selected Letters.

Edited by David D. Cooper

ISBN 10: 0393040690 / ISBN 13: 9780393040692

Published by W. W. Norton & Co., 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thomas Merton And James Laughlin. Selected Letters.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0393040690
• ISBN 13: 9780393040692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Cloistered in a remote Kentucky monastery, Thomas Merton struggled as a young man to reconcile his preferred contemplative life and his public passion for writing. Here is the remarkable development of Thomas Merton monk, poet, and social critic as documented in nearly 30 years' of correspondence with his mentor and publisher, James Laughlin.

About the Author

James Laughlin (1914-1997) founded New Directions in 1936 while still a student at Harvard. He wrote and compiled more than a dozen books of poetry as well as stories and essays; seven volumes of his correspondence with his authors are available from W.W. Norton. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) entered the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky, following his conversion to Catholicism and was ordained Father M. Louis in 1949. During the 1960s, he was increasingly drawn into a dialogue between Eastern and Western religions and domestic issues of war and racism. In 1968, the Dalai Lama praised Merton for having a more profound knowledge of Buddhism than any other Christian he had known. Thomas Merton is the author of the beloved classic The Seven Storey Mountain. David D. Cooper is a professor in the Department of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University.