The Long Loneliness
Encyclopedia
The Long Loneliness is the autobiography
of Dorothy Day
, published in 1952
by Harper & Row. In the book, Day chronicles her involvement in socialist groups along with her eventual conversion to Catholicism
in 1927, and the beginning of her newspaper the Catholic Worker
in 1933.
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of Distributism. She was also considered to be an anarchist, and did not hesitate to use the term...
, published in 1952
1952 in literature
The year 1952, in literature involved some significant events and new literary publications.-Events:*J. L. Carr takes over as headmaster of Highfields Primary School, Kettering, which will eventually furnish the subject matter for his novel, The Harpole Report.*November 25 - Agatha Christie's play...
by Harper & Row. In the book, Day chronicles her involvement in socialist groups along with her eventual conversion to Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
in 1927, and the beginning of her newspaper the Catholic Worker
Catholic Worker
The Catholic Worker is a newspaper published seven times a year by the Catholic Worker Movement community in New York City. The newspaper was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin to make people aware of church teaching on social justice...
in 1933.