Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Barton, Robert Joyce, 1935-" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1967/August/11 

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Barton, Robert Joyce, 1935-"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Road to Joy

First Lines:  "Thanks for your letter. Yes, I think there are probably unconscious resonances of the whole kind of"

Contents:  "Gawain" - one of Merton's favorite poems - "deflation of Feudal pomposity" / source of Latin quote - "Arturumque etiam…" from Milton / Milton and Arthuriad - Arthur and Satan / U.S. government's involvement in Vietnam as "cheap mythology" / "green beard" and "Green man" images

Language:  English

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Date received:  

Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Barton, Robert Joyce, 1935-:"    1967/August/11