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Classiques Garnier

The voluble prose Confessions and others autobiographical stories

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: Revue Verlaine
    2022, n° 20
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  • Author: Bernadet (Arnaud)
  • Abstract: This article looks at the regime of truth in Confessions, the way in which the Christian tradition shapes it (the inner-self, the “tribunal of penance”), but also the modes of expression engendered by the logic of confession as transparent revelation, in the ironic double sense of the term.
  • Pages: 201 to 221
  • Journal: Verlaine Studies
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782406146551
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-14655-1
  • ISSN: 2426-8860
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14655-1.p.0201
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 03-22-2023
  • Periodicity: Annual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Paul Verlaine, Confessions, Christianity, poetics, truth, confession