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This study examines in chronological order Bernanos' entire work, fiction and non-fiction, in search of Therese's presence. It points out explicit textual references to the saint, whether to her name, quotations from works, or to earlier studies done by scholars attempting to show her influence on the author. It traces Therese's implicit presence in Bernanos' fictional characters, whether they reveal parallel or reverse images of the saint. It also traces Therese's message in many of Bernanos' favorite themes: heroic childhood, the acceptance of weakness, the uniting of personal suffering with the Holy Agony, and the attitude of approaching God with a beggar's empty hands. This close analysis of Bernanos' debt to Therese of Lisieux opens new perspectives, and answer's Gaucher's request for an exhaustive examination of her presence in Bernanos' work. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Institute on Religion and Public Life on January 1, 1997. The length of the article is 904 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Catholic author Georges Bernanos sought to expose the spiritual poverty resulting from the social conformity demanded by totalitarian and other mass societies. He believed that freely given obedience to the Catholic Church and its teachings led to the most profound liberation. Bernanos felt that each person's freedom to choose the ethically good strengthened the Church. He strenuously opposed those Catholics who believed that mass conformity fostered an obedience beneficial to the Church. The biography 'Bernanos: An Ecclesial Existence', by Hans Urs von Balthasar, is discussed.

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Title: Under the shadow. (reflections on Hans Urs von Balthasar's book on author Georges Bernanos)(The Public Square)
Author: Richard Neuhaus
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1997
Publisher: Institute on Religion and Public Life
Issue: n69Page: p56(2)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on June 22, 2000. The length of the article is 813 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: La obra inconclusa de Georges Bernanos.(TT: The incomplete work of Georges Bernanos.)(Reseña)
Author: Javier Sicilia
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2000
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 46Issue: 2453Page: 80

Article Type: Reseña

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