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, 2010 - 329 pages 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.
Discusses the ancient concept of "soul weariness" and explores the phenomenon's relevance in modern culture, meditating on the ways in which depression-like acedia influenced the author's experiences as a writer, a family member, and a patient
9781594484384 (paperback)
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Acedia.
Melancholy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sadness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Apathy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Monastic and religious life.
Print books.
BT732.4 / .N67 2010
Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life / Acedia and me Kathleen Norris. - New York : Riverhead Books, 2010 - 329 pages 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.
Discusses the ancient concept of "soul weariness" and explores the phenomenon's relevance in modern culture, meditating on the ways in which depression-like acedia influenced the author's experiences as a writer, a family member, and a patient
9781594484384 (paperback)
2008010150
Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Acedia.
Melancholy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Sadness--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Apathy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Monastic and religious life.
Print books.
BT732.4 / .N67 2010