Merton and Waugh
Subtitle: a monk, a crusty old man, & the seven storey mountain
By: Mary Frances Coady
Publisher: Paraclete Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Brewster, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781612616285
Subjects: Correspondence; RELIGION / Spirituality; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Process
Description: "From 1948 to 1952 the lives of Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, and British novelist, Evelyn Waugh, were closely intertwined. During these years, Waugh became enthusiastic about American Catholicism, in particular, monasticism as seen through the eyes of the author of The Seven Storey Mountain. He agreed to edit Merton's autobiography and the subsequent Waters of Siloe, for publication in Britain. In this close examination of their friendship, through their correspondence, we see Waugh's coaching of a younger writer, and Waugh's brief infatuation with America. Most of all, we witness Merton the writing student and spiritual master and Waugh the master of prose and conflicted penitent. And we see how the two men diverge as the Second Vatican Council takes hold of Catholicism and the solid spiritual ground beneath them gives way"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155).