Hermits : the insights of solitude / Peter France.

In this lucid and inspirational book, Peter France provides engaging accounts of the lives of famous hermits and hermitic movements - from the Greek Cynics to the Desert Fathers to more modern seekers such as Thoreau, Thomas Merton, and the American poet Robert Lax. Viewed as possessing remarkable m...

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Main Author: France, Peter
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997, c1996.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
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