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001 2008010150
003 DLC
005 20080925090728.0
008 080306s2008 nyu b 000 0deng
010 $a 2008010150
020 $a9781594489969
020 $a1594489963
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn212847707
035 $a(OCoLC)212847707
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBT732.4$b.N67 2008
082 00 $a818/.5403$aB$222
100 1 $aNorris, Kathleen,$d1947-
245 10 $aAcedia & me :$ba marriage, monks, and a writer's life /$cKathleen Norris.
246 3 $aAcedia and me
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2008.
300 $a334 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
520 $aKathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
505 0 $aSomewhere -- 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.
650 0 $aAcedia.
650 0 $aMelancholy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aSadness$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aApathy$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aMonastic and religious life.
600 10 $aNorris, Kathleen,$d1947-