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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1965/01/22
[Ltrs: CforT p. 256]
Clayton EshelmanResidence on Earth / translation of Neruda, Pablo. Residencia en la Tierra Glad for Residence on Earth [Eshleman's translation of Neruda's poems]: your translation made me look more clo..
1966/03/16
[Ltrs: CforT p. 260]
Rainer Maria RilkeDuino Elegies / translated into English by James Blair Leishman and Stephen Spender "¦Liked everything you said about Rilke. The things you did not like about him were the things I thought you p..
1966/03/16
[Ltrs: CforT p. 260]
Rainer Maria RilkeLetters to a Young Poet "¦Liked everything you said about Rilke. The things you did not like about him were the things I thought you p..
1966/03/16
[Ltrs: CforT p. 260]
Rainer Maria RilkeNeue Gedichte "¦Liked everything you said about Rilke. The things you did not like about him were the things I thought you p..
1966/03/16
[Ltrs: CforT p. 260]
Rainer Maria RilkeSonnets to Orpheus / translated by J.B.L. Leishman "¦Liked everything you said about Rilke. The things you did not like about him were the things I thought you p..
1966/05/08
[Ltrs: CforT p. 262]
Matsuo BashoNarrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches / translated by Nobuyuki Yuasa Thanks for the books which came in yesterday. Have already begun the Bash which is just what I have been wanti..
1966/11/10
[Ltrs: CforT p. 264]
Antonin ArtaudOeuvres complètes I like very much your piece on [Carl Theodor] Dreyer's St. Joan [the film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc]"”not hav..
1966/11/10
[Ltrs: CforT p. 264]
Rene CharFureur et mystère / Rene Char ; pref. de Yves Berger I like very much your piece on [Carl Theodor] Dreyer's St. Joan [the film La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc]"”not hav..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.