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Walking a Literary Labryinth: A Spirituality of Reading - Malone, Nancy M. -...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2004
- ISBN
- 9781594480027
- Book Title
- Walking a Literary Labryinth : a Spirituality of Reading
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.8 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Self-Help
- Topic
- Spiritual, Books & Reading, Readers
- Item Weight
- 6.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594480028
ISBN-13
9781594480027
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30514987
Product Key Features
Book Title
Walking a Literary Labryinth : a Spirituality of Reading
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Spiritual, Books & Reading, Readers
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Self-Help
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.4 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Table Of Content
Walking a Literary Labyrinth Prologue The ABCs of the Self First Steps to Interiority Reflection. Take And Eat: The Act of Reading "Take And Read" A Turning Point Reflection. Sacramentality: The Book and the World "Not by Bread Alone" Spiritual Reading in a Literary Desert Reflection. Pilgrams and Monks: Reading and Praying The Circle Widens Theology as Spiritual Reading? Reflection. Pleasure: Wasting Time for the Sake of God Recovering The Self Stories: Fact and Fiction Reflection. The Grammar of The Spirit Alone at the Center? Intimacy in Reading and Prayer Reflection. Poetry: A Deeper Intimacy Our Bodies, Our Selves The Erotic in Spirituality and in Literature A Literary Contemplatio ad Amorem Imagination: Faith, Hope, and Love Epilogue "Give Beauty Back": An Apologia Recommended Reading Fiction Short Pieces That Have Made Me Laugh Nonfiction Biography and Autobiography Spiritual Reading and Theology For the Theologically Minded Index
Synopsis
Nancy Malone's thoughtful and poignant novel asks us to consider how our identity and our capacity to connect to others is shaped by the literature we read. Who of us doesn't have a list of books that changed our life? Reflecting on her own reading life, Nancy Malone examines the influence of reading in how we define ourselves. Throughout, she likens the experience of reading to walking a labyrinth, itself a metaphor for our spiritual journey through life. The paths within the labyrinth are not straight, but winding, and in the end, it is not the small circle in the center that defines the self, but the whole grand design of the labyrinth--every experience, every person we meet, and every book we read--that makes us who we are. Malone draws from diverse sources, both spiritual and secular--Virginia Woolf, Saint Augustine, E. E. Cummings, Paul Tillich, Nadine Gordimer, George Herbert, Sue Grafton, Henry James, George Eliot, James Joyce, Patrick O'Brien, E. M. Forster, Franz Kafka, Elie Wiesel, Margaret Atwood, and Tom Wolfe, to name a few. Her thoughtful and beautifully articulated examination of influential books takes in a broad range of subjects, including childhood reading; books as sacred objects; reading and social responsibility; "dangerous" reading, which challenges us to examine our prejudices and beliefs; poetry; and erotic literature. And Malone has compiled a recommended reading list to inspire readers to seek out the unfamiliar or return to old favorites. In Walking a Literary Labyrinth , Malone invites all us readers, of every religious tradition, or none, to consider the influence of reading in our own lives--how and why particular books stay with us, how they shape us, and how they enlarge our humanity., Nancy Malone's thoughtful and poignant novel asks us to consider how our identity and our capacity to connect to others is shaped by the literature we read. Who of us doesn't have a list of books that changed our life? Reflecting on her own reading life, Nancy Malone examines the influence of reading in how we define ourselves. Throughout, she likens the experience of reading to walking a labyrinth, itself a metaphor for our spiritual journey through life. The paths within the labyrinth are not straight, but winding, and in the end, it is not the small circle in the center that defines the self, but the whole grand design of the labyrinth-every experience, every person we meet, and every book we read-that makes us who we are. Malone draws from diverse sources, both spiritual and secular-Virginia Woolf, Saint Augustine, E. E. Cummings, Paul Tillich, Nadine Gordimer, George Herbert, Sue Grafton, Henry James, George Eliot, James Joyce, Patrick O'Brien, E. M. Forster, Franz Kafka, Elie Wiesel, Margaret Atwood, and Tom Wolfe, to name a few. Her thoughtful and beautifully articulated examination of influential books takes in a broad range of subjects, including childhood reading; books as sacred objects; reading and social responsibility; "dangerous" reading, which challenges us to examine our prejudices and beliefs; poetry; and erotic literature. And Malone has compiled a recommended reading list to inspire readers to seek out the unfamiliar or return to old favorites. In Walking a Literary Labyrinth , Malone invites all us readers, of every religious tradition, or none, to consider the influence of reading in our own lives-how and why particular books stay with us, how they shape us, and how they enlarge our humanity.
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