Pure act : the uncommon life of Robert Lax /
"An illuminating biography of the minimalist poet Robert Lax, a man who embraced simplicity, humility, and poverty and found the pure joy, peace and love he had long sought. Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker ins...
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2015.
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| Vydání: | First edition. |
| Edice: | Catholic practice in North America.
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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- Prologue: Going Back 1
- 1. A Mutual Wonder-field
- 2. Ends and Means
- 3. Portals to a Land of Dusk
- 4. The Cottage
- 5. Lo, the sun walks forth!
- 6. Suicide Notes
- 7. The Scream
- 8. Aquinas and the Circus Beckon
- 9. The Siren Call of Hollywood
- 10. On the Road with the Cristianis
- 11. Being a Presence in Post-War Marseilles
- 12. Entering the Mouth of the Lion
- 13. Paris, Pax and Kerouac
- 14. Inspiration in a Greek Diner
- 15. A New Poetics
- 16. Original Child Bomb and an Island Home
- 17. The Sorrow of the Sponge Diver
- 18. A Saint of the Avant-Garde
- 19. Alone in the World
- 20. A Galapagos of the Spirit
- 21. All Thoughts as They Come
- 22. The Flaw in the Ideal
- 23. Hell Hath No Fury
- 24. Finding a Common Language
- 25. Pure Act Becomes Pure Love
- 26. The Peacemaker's Handbook
- Epilogue: The Singer and the Song
- Source Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgements.