Reading an Erased Code : : Romantic Religion and Literary Aesthetics in France / / Michel Despland.
The end of the eighteenth century, an age of political and cultural crisis particularly in France, saw a shift in the meaning of belief. Simply put, a break in continuity occurred between the old, religious and a new, literary reading of Scripture. Michel Despland selects five writers who were caugh...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: New Writing, New Reading
- 1. Confession without Confessor: Rousseau
- 2. To Interpose a Little Ease: Chateaubriand
- 3. A Different Economy for Belief: Nodier
- 4. Civility and Belief: Vigny
- 5. Writing Words of Life: Nerval
- Conclusion: Beyond Any Greater Code
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Authors