Jacques Chessex : Calvinism and the Text.

Jacques Chessex : Calvinism and the Text.

David J. Bond provides the first comprehensive study of Jacque Chessex's work in any language-a study that reveals Chessex's deep ambivalence towards his Calvinist heritage and his efforts to resolve this dilemma through his texts.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bond, David, J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Series:University of Toronto romance series.
Subjects:
Chessex, Jacques > Knowledge > Calvinism.
Chessex, Jacques
Calvinism in literature.
Calvinism
Calvinism in literature
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : some preliminary considerations
  • The Calvinist heritage
  • The nature of Calvinism
  • The ambiguities of a Calvinist
  • The valley of the shadow
  • Les justes
  • The affirmation of life
  • The flight from Calvinism
  • Division and unity
  • The text as unity
  • The text, the world, and others
  • Death, memory, and the text
  • Conclusion : religion and the text.

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