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Lo specchio di Shalott. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Robert Hugh Benson - Rea Multimedia, 2015 -
Quarto figlio di Edward White Benson, arcivescovo di Canterbury, Robert Hugh Benson nacque a Wellinton College il 18 novembre 1871. Si laureò al Trinity College di Cambridge e nel 1894 ricevette l’ordinazione come diacono della Chiesa anglicana. All’età di trentuno anni Robert si convertì alla fede cattolica e nel 1904 venne ordinato sacerdote nella chiesa di San Silvestro a Roma. Alcuni anni dopo fece ritorno nella sua casa di campagna a Salford, dove iniziò un’intensa attività di predicazione in tutto il Regno Unito. Colpito da una crisi cardiaca, morì il 19 ottobre 1914. Genio ignorato della letteratura inglese, negletto persino alla cerchia cattolica alla quale si era convertito, Benson fa una breve apparizione nell’orizzonte della Chiesa come una meteora, alla stregua di una cometa che brilla nel cielo attirando lo sguardo dell’osservatore per poi uscire rapidamente dalla sua visuale. Questa raccolta di racconti, dal gusto soprannaturale, ascrivibile al genere weird e fantastico, pubblicata nel 1907 e tradotta per la prima volta nel nostro paese, ci presenta storie inspiegabili, permeate da un crescente senso di tensione e orrore, in un microcosmo dove forze incontrollabili e smisuratamente più potenti e più antiche dell’umanità sono in continua lotta tra loro. Accusate di velata propaganda cattolica, queste novelle furono narrate durante un simposio di sacerdoti che si incontravano ogni sera dopo cena, durante il quale ciascuno di essi narrava la propria esperienza con l’ultraterreno al fine di cercare il consenso dei partecipanti. Lontana eco di Montague Rhodes James, a distinguere i racconti dell’autore presbiteriano da quelli del maestro non è solo l’effetto di immediatezza, scevro da qualsiasi modello preparatorio, ma anche e soprattutto il fatto che il fantasma non si manifesti come spettro visibile bensì come un’atmosfera sinistra, un dubbio o un timore, in una sorta di risposta emotiva slegata dagli eventi che l’hanno ispirata e che ha preso vita da sola. La traduzione è di Anna Cascone.
Lourdes. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Robert Hugh Benson - Passerino, 2019 -
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes or the Domain (as it is most commonly known) is an area of ground surrounding the Catholic shrine (Grotto) to Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, France. The Sanctuary is a destination for pilgrimage; sick pilgrims are reputed to be miraculously healed by Lourdes water. This ground is owned and administered by the Roman Catholic Church, and has several functions, including devotional activities, offices, and accommodation for sick pilgrims and their helpers. The Domain includes the Grotto itself, the nearby taps which dispense the Lourdes water, and the offices of the Lourdes Medical Bureau, as well as several churches and basilicas. It comprises an area of 51 hectares, and includes 22 separate places of worship. There are six official languages of the Sanctuary: French, English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and German. Grottos intended as replicas of the one at Our Lady of Lourdes, and other grottos in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes, are often described as "Lourdes grottos". Robert Hugh Benson (18 November 1871 – 19 October 1914) was an English Anglican priest who in 1903 was received into the Roman Catholic Church in which he was ordained priest in 1904. He was a prolific writer of fiction and wrote the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World (1907). His output encompassed historical, horror and science fiction, contemporary fiction, children's stories, plays, apologetics, devotional works and articles. He continued his writing career at the same time as he progressed through the hierarchy to become a Chamberlain to Pope Pius X in 1911 and gain the title of Monsignor.
The Light Invisible. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Robert Hugh Benson - Ionlineshopping.Com, 2018 -
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