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The Principles of Augustine
In his attempt to help us in our reading of Traherne’s Centuries, Louis Martz asks, “Can the principles of Augustine also be used to explore the full extent and progress of the Centuries, and to measure the degree of its … Continue reading
Traherne’s Augustinian Quest to Find the Paradise Within
Professor Louis Martz intuited Traherne’s essence as well as anyone. That essence was formed by the triad of the Bible, Nature, and the Self. Martz explains that these were “the three ‘books’ cultivated by the medieval Augustinians, and especially by … Continue reading
Reading Traherne with Professor Louis Martz
Professor Louis Martz is a treasure who, not unlike Traherne, has been overlooked by the publishing world. In other words, such works of his as The Poetry of Meditation and The Paradise Within have been out of print for some … Continue reading
H.M. Margoliouth and Questions about Modernizing Traherne
H.M. Margoliouth, a prominent 20th century literary scholar and editor, raised important questions about whether or not Traherne’s text should be modernized, and, if so, how. Margoliuoth was no stranger to these questions. Thirty-one years before Margoliouth’s edition of Traherne’s … Continue reading
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Reading Traherne’s Centuries with H. M. Margoliouth
In 1958, a significant publishing event occurred in the history of Thomas Traherne’s Centuries of Meditations and his Poems. At this time, fifty years after Dobell’s modernized edition of Traherne’s text introduced the world to Traherne’s unique voice, Oxford University … Continue reading
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C.S. Lewis and His Dobell Edition of Traherne’s Centuries
In my last entry, I wrote about Bertram Dobell’s role in the first-ever publication of Traherne’s Centuries in 1908. If one had happened to read Traherne’s Centuries between 1908 and 1958, it was probably from Dobell’s edition. There is one story … Continue reading
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Reading Traherne’s Centuries with Bertram Dobell
Bertram Dobell was born 200 years after Thomas Traherne, but Traherne’s greatest literary contribution would not have made its way into the hands of the general public except through Dobell. Dobell’s life is a classic Victorian story that exemplifies the … Continue reading
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Worthy Companions As We Read Traherne
We live during an ideal time for enjoying Thomas Traherne. We’ve had nearly 120 years of Traherne manuscript discoveries and enough time for great thinkers and writers to have reflected on his writings and offer their own meditations and analyses. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged A.M. Allchin, Denise Inge, Donald Allchin, H.M. Margoliouth, Louis Martz, Thomas Traherne
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Traherne and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
It is not difficult to make connections between Thomas Traherne and cognitive therapy. Denise Inge, the foremost Traherne scholar, observed in a 2009 Book Depository interview (Inge interview) that Traherne’s “invitation to choose happiness is very much like what we … Continue reading
Tribute to Denise Inge & Her Work on Thomas Traherne, Part II
Denise Inge’s writings about Traherne are a treasure of scholarship and general reading because they are immersed in (1) all of Traherne’s writings including the Lambeth manuscripts, and (2) the full breadth of Traherne scholarship from the early 20th century … Continue reading
Surprised by Traherne 