Norris, Kathleen,  1947- <br/><br/>
Acedia & me :  a marriage, monks, and a writer's life / 
 Acedia and me 
Kathleen Norris. 
 - New York :  Riverhead Books,  2010 
 - 329 pages  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594484384  (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008010150 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Norris, Kathleen, 1947- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Acedia.<br/>Melancholy--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Sadness--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Apathy--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Monastic and religious life.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Print books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT732.4  / .N67 2010