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Fr. HOGG, (Aelred) - James (Lester) Hogg est né à Birmingham le 10 mars 1931 d’une branche cadette de pairs d’Angleterre. Ses études à Londres et à Cambridge lui avaient acquis les titres de B.A., M.A. et bachelier en philosophie. Il préparait un doctorat d’histoire à l’université de Fribourg (Suisse) quand il prit l’habit à la chartreuse de SELIGNAC le 23 juin 1961. Profès le 24 juin 1964, il fut envoyé hôte à FARNETA le 22 novembre 1965. Sa vraie vocation étant la recherche historique, surtout en matière religieuse, il quitta l’Ordre le 24 juin 1968. En 1971, il soutint très brillamment sa thèse de doctorat en histoire du Moyen Âge devant l’université de Salzbourg sur les plus anciens monuments de la législation des chartreux et, en 1981, sa thèse d’habilitation en littérature anglaise sur Robert Browning et le théâtre victorien. Il a enseigné à l’université de Salzbourg. Il dirige la collection des Analecta Cartusiana et a dirigé celle des Salzburg Studies in English Literature jusqu’à sa retraite en 1996. Nous ne donnons que le titre de l’article écrit en chartreuse. Les autres, innombrables, peuvent se retrouver grâce aux index et à une bibliographie parue dans Trends in English and American Studies. Literature and the Imagination. Essays in Honour of James Lester Hogg. Edited by Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Wolfgang Görtschacher and Holger M. Klein. The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter, 1996, in-8, 459 p. James Hogg : List of Publications p. 445-459. 1968 HOGG, Aelred, « Sidelights on the Perth Charterhouse. » Dans : The Innes Review, 19 (1968) 168-169. - 2001 HOGG, James, The Carthusians in Scotland. The Charterhouse of Perth and the Carthusian General Chapter. AC 175, Salzbourg, 2001, in-8, 151-241, ill. (Avec la photo et la biographie de l’auteur, p. 3 de la couverture.)

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jeudi 1 octobre 2009

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Vices and Virtues by Denis the Carthusian
Translated from the original Latin by Idé M. Ní Riain

Hardback
336pp. Spring 2009
ISBN:
978-1-84682-163-9
Catalogue Price: €45.00

Vices and Virtues is a serious study of the flawed human condition. It is original sin 'writ large'. Nothing escapes the all-pervading eye of Denis the Carthusian. It is amazing how a hermit could be so conversant with the wiles of humanity. His examples of the various vices of mankind throughout the centuries make for interesting reading.

The virtues, in contrast, are elevated - probably beyond the capacity of most of us - but nevertheless have an inherent beauty in the particular language of Denis, which is an acquired taste worth cultivating.

Much sought after and appreciated in his own lifetime, his writings became still better known after his death in 1471. Printing was still in its very early stages when his entire works were first published and translated into French. Thus they were accessible to those who took up the cause of the Counter-Reformation.

Sr Idé M. Ní Riain, RSCJ, was a teacher for 40 years. She is a distinguished classics scholar and translator.



The Spiritual Writings of Denis the Carthusian
With an introduction by Terrence O'Reilly
Íde Ní Riain, translator

Hardback
420pp. 2005
ISBN:
1-85182-860-5
Catalogue Price: €65

Renowned in his day as a mystic and theologian, Denis the Carthusian (d. 1471), sometimes called 'the last scholastic', penned over 150 works. This is the first complete English translation of his most significant spiritual writings: 'Contemplation'; 'Prayer'; 'Meditation'; 'Fountain of Light and the Paths of Life'; 'Monastic Profession'.

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