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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480716503321

Autore

Westphall Allan F.

Titolo

Books and religious devotion : the redemptive reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England / / Allan F. Westphall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-271-06512-5

0-271-06510-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Penn State series in the history of the book

Disciplina

028/.8097409/034

Soggetti

Books and reading - New England - History - 19th century

Marginalia - New England - History - 19th century

Books and reading - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface: A Discovery and Serendipitous Journeys -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Irish American print culture in the nineteenth century: a private library -- 2. “Laboring in my books”: Thomas Connary’s book enhancements -- 3. Redemptive reading in the Connary household -- 4. The farmer’s treasure: Thomas Connary reading St. Francis of Sales and Julian of Norwich -- 5. Book keeping, longing, and besetment -- Appendix: Th e Contents of Thomas Connary’s Library -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the book collection of Thomas Connary, a nineteenth-century Irish Catholic New England farmer, to reconstruct how Connary read and annotated his books. Reveals how books can structure a life of devotion and social participation, and presents an authentic, holistic view of one reader's interior life"--Provided by publisher.