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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Colasito, Basilio C., Fr., O.S.B.".
Fr. Basilio Colasito was a Benedictine monk writing from Montserrat Abbey in Manila, Philippines.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1960/08/08 |
TLS to Fox, James |
... inasmuch as he could speak authoritatively on the techn... poetry. Here are some questions, |
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[letter torn and incomplete] asking information about Merton's poetry - comparison to William York Tyndall - symbolist in method / later poems "mystical" like St. John of the Cross - Sign of Jonas as explanation of mystical symbolism / Merton's "pattern in composing a poem" / requests "Postulants Guide"
«detailed view» |
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1963/05/11 |
TL[c] from Merton |
In rapid fire answer to your questions: 1) Since the Strange Islands I have published |
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«detailed view» |
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