{"product_id":"the-making-of-a-mystic-new-and-selected-letters-of-evelyn-underhill-hardback-9780252034831","title":"The Making of a Mystic; New and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill (Hardback) 9780252034831","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Making of a Mystic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNew and Selected Letters of Evelyn Underhill\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEvelyn Underhill (Author), Carol Poston (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252034831\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 3 photographs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm, 0.739 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An engaging book.\"--\u003ci\u003ePresence:  An International Journal of Spiritual Direction\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"[Underhill] reminds us how Christian women of the last century were able to exercise intellectual influence and unofficial leadership with faithfulness and love.\"--\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \"This correspondence reveals the intimate Evelyn Underhill--friend, spiritual guide, wife, pacifist--whose life spanned the age of Victoria through the horrors of two global wars. These letters serve as a companion piece to Underhill's pioneering books on mysticism and the spiritual life and explore the making of this foremother of contemporary spirituality. Carol Poston has retrieved a treasure for all of us.\"--Dana Greene, author of \u003ci\u003eEvelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life\u003c\/i\u003e \"Evelyn Underhill's public voice was strong and confident, often choosing language from the middle of the road, while her private writings often reveal tremendous insecurities and perspectives from the margins. These letters are a rich resource for those of us who study Underhill's life and writings.\"--Todd E. Johnson, coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePerforming the Sacred: Theology and Theatre in Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEvelyn Underhill (1875-1941) achieved international fame with the publication of her book \u003ci\u003eMysticism\u003c\/i\u003e in 1911. Continuously in print since its original publication, \u003ci\u003eMysticism\u003c\/i\u003e remains Underhill's most famous work, but in the course of her long career she published nearly forty books, including three novels and three volumes of poetry, as well as numerous poems in periodicals. She was the religion editor for \u003ci\u003eSpectator,\u003c\/i\u003e a friend of T. S. Eliot (her influence is visible in his last masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/i\u003e), and the first woman invited to lecture on theology at Oxford University. Her interest in religion extended beyond her Anglican upbringing to embrace the world's religions and their common spirituality. \u003cp\u003eIn time for the centennial celebration of her classic \u003ci\u003eMysticism,\u003c\/i\u003e this volume of Underhill's letters will enable readers and researchers to follow her as she reconciled her beliefs with her daily life. The letters reveal her personal and theological development and clarify the relationships that influenced her life and work. Hardly aloof, she enjoyed the interests, mirth, and compassion of close friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from collections previously unknown to scholars, \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a Mystic\u003c\/i\u003e shows the range of Evelyn Underhill's mind and interests as well as the immense network of her correspondents, including Sir James Frazier and Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore. This substantial selection of Underhill's correspondence demonstrates an exceptional scope, beginning with her earliest letters from boarding school to her mother and extending to a letter written to T. S. Eliot from what was to be her deathbed in London in 1941 as the London Blitz raged around her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735676383512,"sku":"9780252034831","price":49.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-making-of-a-mystic-new-and-selected-letters-of-evelyn-underhill-hardback-9780252034831","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}