Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.1:

Baptism in the forest : wisdom and initiation in William Faulkner

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  Perhaps the best way to approach the rather troublesome question of religion and literature today is

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st Draft

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  no-month no-day, 1967?

Number of pages:  15

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  Perhaps the best way to approach the rather troublesome question of religion and literature today is

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  3rd Draft

Copy Type:  Mimeograph with holograph corrections

Date:  January no-day, 1967

Number of pages:  27

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  2 copies, both with the same handwritten corrections by Merton. See Sub-Section D.2 for an uncorrected version of this mimeograph, the 2nd draft.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 5