For For readers of his writing on solitude; a rare hand-printed essay, later reprinted in his collections.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
A short essay on the vocation to solitude, hand-printed by Victor Hammer in Lexington.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A short essay on the solitary vocation, hand-printed "pro manuscripto" by Victor Hammer's Stamperia del Santuccio in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1960 (21 pages). It is one of several Merton texts the Hammers printed by hand, and one of his central statements on solitude in the years before he moved to his hermitage.
