TY - BOOK

T1 - La conversation éternelle

T2 - L'intimité spirituelle dans la correspondance Guyon-Fénelon

AU - Vaucanson, Bastian Felter

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - My PhD dissertation analyses intimacy, spirituality, and communication from the interdisciplinary perspective of theology and literary studies by using as its case study the correspondence between the mystic Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) and her spiritual companion François Fénelon (1655-1717). The study argues that Guyon combines epistolary theory and Trinitarian theology to develop a communication theory that does not seek to describe the mystical union but to reenact it through the intimacy of the private spiritual correspondence. According to Guyon, the epistolary writing act forces the subject to transcend itself in a movement that imitates the internal commerce of the Trinity.

AB - My PhD dissertation analyses intimacy, spirituality, and communication from the interdisciplinary perspective of theology and literary studies by using as its case study the correspondence between the mystic Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) and her spiritual companion François Fénelon (1655-1717). The study argues that Guyon combines epistolary theory and Trinitarian theology to develop a communication theory that does not seek to describe the mystical union but to reenact it through the intimacy of the private spiritual correspondence. According to Guyon, the epistolary writing act forces the subject to transcend itself in a movement that imitates the internal commerce of the Trinity.

UR - https://www.theses.fr/2023REN20003

M3 - Ph.d.-afhandling

BT - La conversation éternelle

PB - Université Rennes 2

ER -