Format:
XI, 243 S.
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Ill.
ISBN:
0814206379
Content:
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
Content:
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
Content:
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
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
Keywords:
Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
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Beichte
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Corneille, Pierre 1606-1684
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Beichte
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Racine, Jean 1639-1699
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Beichte
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Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
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Corneille, Pierre 1606-1684
;
Racine, Jean 1639-1699
;
Beichte
;
Corneille, Pierre 1606-1684
;
Beichte
;
Racine, Jean 1639-1699
;
Beichte
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