02945nam 2200613 450 991048071650332120210831023845.00-271-06512-50-271-06510-910.1515/9780271065106(CKB)2560000000305125(SSID)ssj0001349212(PQKBManifestationID)11743317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349212(PQKBWorkID)11397564(PQKB)11124554(OCoLC)891286567(MdBmJHUP)muse37431(MiAaPQ)EBC6224663(DE-B1597)584393(DE-B1597)9780271065106(EXLCZ)99256000000030512520200930d2014 uyd 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrBooks and religious devotion the redemptive reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth-Century New England /Allan F. WestphallUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,2014.1 online resourcePenn State series in the history of the bookBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-271-06404-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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"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.Penn State series in the history of the book.Books and readingNew EnglandHistory19th centuryMarginaliaNew EnglandHistory19th centuryBooks and readingReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books.Books and readingHistoryMarginaliaHistoryBooks and readingReligious aspectsChristianity.028/.8097409/034Westphall Allan F.1056436MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480716503321Books and religious devotion2490793UNINA