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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. 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. 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. Throughout Senior's Challenging Inquiry, Major Canonical Texts

Author

Senior, Matthew , 1952-

Publisher

Columbus: Ohio State University Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814206379

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Religion