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Nightingale Florence <1820-1910.> |
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Florence Nightingale on mysticism and eastern religions [[electronic resource] /] / Gérard Vallée, editor |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-92566-3 |
9786610925667 |
0-88920-573-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (581 p.) |
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Collana |
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Collected works of Florence Nightingale ; ; v. 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mysticism |
Christianity and other religions |
Electronic books. |
Asia Religion |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; List of Illustrations; A Précis of the Collected Works; Introduction to Volume 4; Key to Editing; Notes from Devotional Authors; Letters and Diaries from Egypt; Letters and Notes on Eastern Religions; Appendix: Religious Books Used; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mysticism and Eastern Religions, the fourth volume in the Collected Works and the third on Nightingale's religion, begins with the publication for the first time of Florence Nightingale's Notes on Devotional Authors of the Middle Ages, translations from and comments on the medieval (and some later) mystics who nourished her own life of faith. Next come her annotations of and comments on the Imitation of Christ, a book to which she turned in times of distress. The largest part of the volume consists of her Letters from Egypt, written 1849-50, a significant |
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