In the grip of Minos confessional discourse in Dante, Corneille, and Racine
Tracing the history of confession from the Desert Fathers through the Lateran decree (1215) and the Council of Trent (1543-63), Matthew Senior examines the significance of these events and the role of confessional discourse in works by Dante, Corneille, and Racine
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Columbus
Ohio State Univ. Press
1994
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Corneille, Pierre <1606-1684> - Religion
> Dante Alighieri <1265-1321> - Influence
> Racine, Jean <1639-1699> - Religion
> Corneille, Pierre <1606-1684>
> Religion
> Dante Alighieri <1265-1321>
> Influence
> Racine, Jean <1639-1699>
> Dante
> Corneille, Pierre
> Racine, Jean
> Geschichte 1600-1700
> Christianisme et littérature
> Confession dans la littérature
> Drame français - Influence italienne
> Théâtre chrétien français - Histoire et critique
> Théâtre français - 17e siècle - Histoire et critique
> Tragédie française - Histoire et critique
> Christian drama, French
> History and criticism
> Christianity and literature
> Confession in literature
> French drama (Tragedy)
> French drama
> Italian influences
> Beichte
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Tracing the history of confession from the Desert Fathers through the Lateran decree (1215) and the Council of Trent (1543-63), Matthew Senior examines the significance of these events and the role of confessional discourse in works by Dante, Corneille, and Racine Using a multidisciplinary approach, Senior focuses his study on Minos, the legendary king of Crete and judge of both Homer's and Virgil's underworlds. Dante transforms Minos into a demon who forces the souls of the damned to confess as they enter the underworld; likewise, the ritual of confession opens the gates of Purgatory. Dante's afterlife, according to Senior, is an extrapolation of the Lateran decree, a total vision of humanity governed and punished by its own verity Following Trent, a new mode of confession makes its appearance, a baroque discourse in which "the heart speaks to the heart." Senior argues that Corneille similarly creates a new kind of hero who distinguishes himself as much by the confessional trial of self-statement as by his military exploits. In the work of Racine, Senior notes, Minos appears again, tormenting the conscience of Phedre |
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| Beschreibung: | XI, 243 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0814206379 0-8142-0637-9 |