Loneliness & lament a journey to receptivity - Huntington, Patricia J.; ebrary, Inc. (Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2009)
Prelude: A wayfarer's song -- Part I: Life is song : the quest for music and meaning -- Fitful dreams -- Life and the fight for word -- Primitive aloneness : our true home -- Receptivity and the quest for meaning-filled living -- Loneliness and deliverance -- Part II: Lamentation and woe : the quest for the mother -- Shadows of sorrow-filled lamentation -- Ode to the cup of bitterness -- Pain and bearing -- Lamentation and sorrow -- Tears for want of comforting protection -- Loneliness whom I must befriend -- Where joy and sorrow meet -- Part III: Intimacy and bearing : the quest for the Father -- Life's masculine character -- For what are we set up? -- Soft words for mother -- For what divine operation are we set up? -- Journey to the land where heart grows -- Pain and intimacy : the pause in bearing -- One step-- along the way -- A resonant chorus.
Includes index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Life; Loneliness; Women -- Psychology; Electronic books