The archbishop, the criminal and the eepair of destinies
This article explores the idea of confession as it is analysed in Rowan Williams' recent book on Dostoevsky's novels. Bernanos made a Dostoevskian confessional scene central to The Diary of a Country Priest,realized in Bresson's film of the novel. The link between Dostoevsky and Bress...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2010
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Theology
Year: 2010, Volume: 113, Issue: 872, Pages: 97-104 |
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| Summary: | This article explores the idea of confession as it is analysed in Rowan Williams' recent book on Dostoevsky's novels. Bernanos made a Dostoevskian confessional scene central to The Diary of a Country Priest,realized in Bresson's film of the novel. The link between Dostoevsky and Bresson is then explored, especially the re-creation of Porfiry Petrovich in Crime and Punishment as a Parisian police inspector. This leads to Inspector Vigot in Greene's The Quiet American and to Simenon's Inspector Maigret, who at the beginning of his career had a vision of himself as a 'repairer of destinies' or confessor. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X1011300204 |