01816cam a2200397 a 4500 15207965 20260122103411.0 080306s2008 nyu b 000 0deng 2008010150 9781594484384 (paperback) 15207965 (OCoLC)212847707 DLC DLC DLC AU Alfaisal Main Library BT732.4 .N67 2010 Norris, Kathleen, 1947- Acedia & me : a marriage, monks, and a writer's life / Kathleen Norris. Acedia and me New York : Riverhead Books, 2010 ©2010 329 pages 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 Norris, Kathleen, 1947- Acedia. Melancholy Religious aspects Christianity. Sadness Religious aspects Christianity. Apathy Religious aspects Christianity. Monastic and religious life. Print books. local 4 lcc BOOKS 608309 608309 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2026-01-22 0 BT732.4 .N67 2010 AU00000000021257 2026-01-22 10:35:12 175.00 2026-01-22 BOOKS