Reading an Erased Code: Romantic Religion and Literary Aesthetics in France: v. 70 (University of Toronto Romance Series) - Hardcover

Despland, Michel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802005780 ISBN 13: 9780802005786

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1995

Synopsis

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 caught up in this new reading of the old religious text and who came to write about religion in innovative ways.
The five writers treated by Despland helped shape a broader definition of belief, one that included individual sensibility. The works they produced are, in a sense, new religious texts. They did not just restate or reinterpret the code, but achieved a new kind of narrative, which has become dominant in the modern era and has shaped individual relationships to all codes.

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About the Author

Michel Despland is a professor in the Department of Religion, Concordia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802005780
• ISBN 13: 9780802005786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 223