| File# | Title | First Line | Rev.Author | Citation | Year |
| 01 | The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton | Thomas Merton burst upon the American literary scene in 1948 with his best-selling Seven Storey | Kramer, Dewey Weiss |
Christianity and Literature 34.3 (Spring 1983): 73-75. Dewey Weiss Kramer
| 1986 |
| 02 | The Literary essays of Thomas Merton | With the publication of this hefty volume the Merton shelf grows yet longer. For those readers who | Cunningham, Lawrence S. |
Horizons 9 (Fall 1982): 409-410. Lawrence S. Cunningham
| 1982 |
| 03 | Merton, Thomas | This voluminous collection reveals Merton's considerable talent as a versatile and very competent | Craft, Carolyn M. |
Library Journal 106 (15 December 1981): 2395. Carolyn M. Craft
| 1981 |
| 04 | The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton | the hefty volume of six hundred tightly-packed pages contains nearly all of Fr. Thomas Merton's | Mariani, Paul |
American Book Review 5 (November-December 1982): 14-15. Paul Mariani
| 1982 |
| 05 | Last Testament | Of all the posthumous collections of Thomas Merton's writing which have been published so far, none | Allchin, A. M. (Arthur Macdonald) |
Church Times [London] (2 July 1982): 4. A.M. Allchin
| 1982 |
| 06 | A Five-Star Banquet: The Literary Essays of Thomas merton | One can hardly begin to list the fare available in this wonderful eclectic Merton feast! Truly, | Weber, Richard [Columban], OCSO |
Cistercian Studies 18.1 (1983): 82-86. Columban Weber
| 1983 |
| 07 | Blinded by the Divine | I didn't know where to begin delving into this generous compendium but thought the essay "Poetry, | Congdon, Kirby |
Contact 2 (February 1987): 42-43. Kirby Congdon
| 1987 |
| 08 | The Literary Essays of Thomas Merton | To Thomas Merton, the writer's vocation -- whether creative or critical -- is a high calling. So, he | Hall, Wade |
Courier Journal (11 April 1982): D5. Wade Hall
| 1982 |
| 09 | Book Review | In his Introduction to Thomas Merton's literary essays, Brother Patrick Hard informs us that since | Scambray, Kenneth |
Italo Americano [Sun Valley CA] (3 March 1987): 16. Kenneth Scambray
| 1987 |
| 10 | Nonfiction in Brief | "All innocence is a matter of belief," Thomas Merton said. "For the poet there is not magic. There | Bruckner, D.J.R. |
New York Times Book Review 87 (23 May 1982): 15. D.J.R. Bruckner
| 1982 |
| 11 | A Man to Match His 'Mountain' | These two new Thomas Merton titles provide fascinating insights into the development of the | Michaels, Paul |
Review [Sacramento] (1 September 1985): 8. Paul Michaels
| 1985 |
| 12 | Truth-telling | "There was in Milton a radical tension between his own psychology, his heart, his character as | Cumming, John |
Tablet [London] 236 (1 May 1982): 431-432. John Cumming
| 1982 |
| 13 | Merton, Thomas | This is a collection of all 53 of Merton's literary and critical essays. Written for the most part | |
Theology Digest 30 (Summer 1982): 182.
| 1982 |
| 14 | Pilgrimage to Compassion | The contemporary spate of "spirituality" books which continue the vogue in booktrade houses seems | Kilcourse, George A. |
Commonweal 110 (18 November 1983): 634-637.
| 1983 |
| 15 | Soul Searching | The legacy of Thomas Merton, Trappist monk, | Walsh, Edward J. |
Chronicles of Culture (March 1983): 15-18.
| 1983. |
| 16 | Thomas Merton: Letter, Essays | Thomas Merton traveled far in the quiet confines | Reynolds, Joseph |
Sunday Telegram Worcester MA (September 29, 1985).
| 1985. |
| 17 | | The best of the essays here were written while Merton served as Abbot of the Trappist | |
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 1981).
| 1981. |
| SEASONAL | Sophianic Criticism | Brother Patrick Hart's edition of Merton's literary essays was a welcome addition to Mertoniana | Cunningham, Lawrence S. |
Merton Seasonal 10:4 (Fall 1985): 18-20.
http://merton.org/ITMS/Seasonal/10/10-4CunninghamRevLE.pdf
| 1985 |