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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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[1994]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Some Preliminary Considerations
- 2. The Calvinist Heritage
- 3. The Nature of Calvinism
- 4. The Ambiguities of a Calvinist
- 5. The Valley of the Shadow
- 6. Les Justes
- 7. The Affirmation of Life
- 8. The Flight from Calvinism
- 9. Division and Unity
- 10 The Text as Unity
- 11. The Text, the World, and Others
- 12. Death, Memory, and the Text
- 13. Conclusion: Religion and the Text
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
