Three great nonfiction works from the Nobel Prize–winning, Catholic,
French author of Thérèse Desqueyroux. Saint Margaret of Cortona For
François Mauriac, Saint Margaret of Cortona became a source of
fascination and solace during the Nazi occupation of France. During
that time, feeling himself and all his countrymen to be among the
downtrodden, he wrote this biography of the thirteenth-century Italian
penitent who would become the patron saint of the homeless . . .
Born in 1247 to a farming family in a small village outside Perugia,
Margaret of Cortona was willful and reckless in her youth. At age
seventeen, she became a wealthy man’s mistress—even bearing his
son out of wedlock. But her life of sin ended when she found her lover
murdered. Devoting herself to prayer and penance, Margaret eventually
joined the Third Order of St. Francis and took a vow of poverty. She
established a hospital for the poor and homeless at Cortona. On divine
command, she challenged her own bishop for his lavish and warlike
lifestyle. Canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1728, she became a
patron saint of the downtrodden, including the falsely accused,
homeless, orphaned, and mentally ill, as well as midwives, penitents,
single mothers, reformed prostitutes, and third children. Letters on
Art and Literature In this collection of letters, Mauriacshares
fascinating insights through correspondence with Albert Camus, Jean
Cocteau, and other authors, artists, intellectuals, as well as the
readers of his various articles and columns. The letters delve into a
variety of topics—from the death of Georges Bernanos to the
correspondence between Paul Claudel and Andre Gide, and the Routier
youth movement. Proust’s Way The thinking and suffering of the
author of Remembrance of Things Past are intimately exposed in these
letters to Mauriac.
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Saint Margaret of Cortona, Letters on Art and Literature, and Proust’s Way
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781504076135
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Vendor
Philosophical Library/Open Road
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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