Hermits |
|
| Author:
| France, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-15546-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1997 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $23.95 |
Book Description:
|
In the tradition of Karen Armstrong's A History of God and Kathleen Norris' Cloistered Walk comes a magisterial history of hermits--from the Greek cynics to the Desert Fathers to more modern seekers such as Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Merton, and the American poet Robert Lax.
In the tradition of Karen Armstrong's A History of God and Kathleen Norris' Cloistered Walk comes a magisterial history of hermits--from the Greek cynics to the Desert Fathers to more modern seekers such as Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Merton, and the American poet Robert Lax.