Florence Nightingale on mysticism and eastern religions [[electronic resource] /] / Gérard Vallée, editor

• Autore: Nightingale Florence <1820-1910.>
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (581 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/0942/09034
• Soggetto topico: Mysticism; Christianity and other religions
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Religion
• Altri autori: ValléeGérard <1933->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Florence Nightingale on mysticism and eastern religions
• ISBN: 1-280-92566-3; 9786610925667; 0-88920-573-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782630403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II