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Autore |
Westphall Allan F. |
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Titolo |
Books and religious devotion : the redemptive reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England / / Allan F. Westphall |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-271-06512-5 |
0-271-06510-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Penn State series in the history of the book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Books and reading - New England - History - 19th century |
Marginalia - New England - History - 19th century |
Books and reading - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. |
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