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SAINT THOMAS & MR. ECO

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, SUMMA THEOLOGIA: A CONCISE TRANSLATION, edited by Timothy McDermott
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: THE DUMB OX, G.K. Chesterton
CATHECHETICAL INSTRUCTIONS OF ST.THOMAS AQUINAS, translated by Joseph B. Collins
THE POCKET ACQUINAS, edited by Vernon J. Bourke
THE AESTHETICS OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS, Umberto Eco
ART AND BEAUTY IN THE MIDDLE AGES, Umberto Eco
THE NAME OF THE ROSE, Umberto Eco
FOUCAULTS PENDULUM, Umberto Eco
MISREADINGS, Umberto Eco

THE HABIT OF BEING: A Portrait of Miss Mystery and Manners

MYSTERY AND MANNERS, Flannery O’Connor
THE HABIT OF BEING, Flannery O’Connor
THE VIOLENT BEAR IT AWAY, Flannery O’Connor
WISEBLOOD, Flannery O’Connor
THE COMPLETE STORIES, Flannery O’Connor
FLANNERY O’CONNOR; IN CELEBRATION OF GENIUS, Sarah Gordon
FLANNERY O’CONNOR: THE OBEDIENT IMAGINATION, Sarah Gordon
FLANNERY O’CONNOR: AN INTRODUCTION, Miles Orvell
CONVERASATIONS WITH FLANNERY O’CONNOR, Rosemary M. Magee

LOVE’S LYRIC

Critical and Theological Analysis of the Song of Songs

SONG OF SONGS: A  NEW TRANSLATION, by Ariel and Chana Block
THE BOOKS OF ESTHER, SONG OF SONGS, RUTH, translation of  Rashi and commentary by Rabbi A.J. Rosenberg
COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, by Levi ben Gershon (Gersonides), translation by Menachem Kellner
THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED, by E. Ann Matter
EROS & ALLEGORY, by Denys Turner
THE MIND OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, by  G.R. Evans
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX SELECTED WORKS translation by Gillian R. Evans
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ON THE SONG OF SONGS 1, translation by Kilian Walsh OCSO
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2, translation by Kilian Walsh OCSO
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3, translation by Kilian Walsh OCSO
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX ON THE SONG OF SONGS 4, translation by Kilian Walsh  OCSO
THOMAS MERTON ON SAINT BERNARD, by Thomas Merton
THE SONG OF SONGS: Modern Critical Interpretations, edited by Harold Bloom
ROMANCE SHE WROTE, by Andre LaCocque
THE FEMINIST COMPANION TO THE SONG OF SONGS, edited by Athalya Brenner
THE SONG OF SONGS, by Othmar Keel
THE MESSAGE OF THE SONG OF SONGS, by Tom Gledhill

Literature

LA VITA NUOVA (The New Life), by Dante Aligheri
THE DIVINE COMEDY ( Paridisio XXI-XXXIII ), by Dante Aligheri
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN, by James Joyce
THE JOY OF MANS DESIRING, by Jean Giono

Critical Analysis

THE AESTHETICS OF CHAOSMOS: THE MIDDLE AGES OF JAMES JOYCE, by Umberto Eco

Artists and Paintings Referenced in the Exhibit

Thomas Cole, Paradise
George Tooker, Bathers
Marc Chagall, La Promenade

THE GRAY

References

REFLECTIONS ON THE PSLAMS, C.S. Lewis
PRAYING THE PSALMS, Thomas Merton, O.C.S.O
PSLAMS: THE PRAYER BOOK OF THE BIBLE, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT, Translated by Luke Dysinger, O.S.B.
THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT: INSIGHT FOR THE AGES, Joan Chittister, O.S.B.
THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
PRAYING WITH DANTE, James J. Collins
PRAYER FOR BEGINNERS, Peter Kreeft
JOAN OF ARC, Mark Twian
ABANDONMENT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE, Jean Pierre de Caussade
SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX: HER LIFE, TIMES AND TEACHING, Conrad De Meester, O.C.D.
THERESE OF LISIEUX AND MARIE OF THE TRINITY, Pierre Desouvemont, Translated by Alexandris Plettenberg-Serban
ST. THERESE, By John Beevers
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, Translated by John Beevers
STRIVING TOWARD BEING: The Letters of Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz, Edited by Robert Faggen
ON SUICIDE, Edited by John Miller
NOHOW ON, “Ill Seen Ill Said”, Samuel Beckett
WAR IS A FOECE THAT GIVES OUR LIVES MEANING, Chris Hedges
EXCLUSION AND EMBRACE, Miroslav Wolf

Art, Poetry, and Lyrics

STANLEY SPENCER, Keith Bell
MARTIN JOHNSON HEADE, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.
VOICES IN THE NIGHT: THE PRISON POEMS OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, Editor and Translator Edwin Robertson
EMILY DICKINSON AND THE ART OF BELIEF, Robert Lundin
SELECTED POEMS & LETTERS OF EMILY DICKINSON, Edited by Robert N. Linscott
THE DARKNESS AROUND US IS DEEP, “ST. MATHEW AND ALL”, William Stafford
THE POETRY OF SAINT THERESE OF LISIEUX, Translated by Donald Kinney OCD
THE COMING, R.S. Thomas and TUPELO, Nick Cave

LINKS

Brave Little Slacken, Chapter 7
Laura Lasworth who was also had a religious themed piece, "St. Therese, Pray For Us", but much more isolated symbolism with colors ...
http://ng.netgate.net/~leeannh/smallTrips/smallTrips7.html   - 14k -

Steppin' Out
Examples included in the exhibit LA POST COOL at the San Jose Museum of Art include Laura Lasworth's oil painting St. Therese, Pray for Us. ...
www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20021204/stepout.html  - 14k -

C&R 0501
Laura Lasworth, "Love is as Strong as Death," oil on panel, 24 x 12, 2000-01.
http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles2001/Articles0501/CR0501.html  - 26k -

 

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