Books and Religious Devotion - The Redemptive Reading of an Irishman in Nineteenth Century New

"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 anauthentic, holistic view of one reader's interior life"--Provided by publisher.

Product details

• Authors: Allan F Westphall, Allan F. Westphall
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2014
• EAN: 9780271064048
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06404-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Anthologies: general, History of the Americas, Anthologies (non-poetry)