Religious Views in the Works of Juan Valera
Abstract
The problem of Valera's personality presents itself more puzzling than ever if significant passages from his works are considered and the contradictory contents are compared as have been attempted in this work. What were his religious convictions? Has he any religious convictions? Was he a traditionalist with a viewpoint in many ways diametrically opposed to modern trends? Numberless expressions in his works, the very presuppositions of many of his essays and of his novels seem to point unmistakably in this direction. When he sets down the Christian dogmas, the duties of religion, and the obligations or moral precepts; when he so eloquently sings the praises of divine love; when he depicts the beauty of virtue and expresses disgust with vice, what could one suppose but that Valera is pouring forth his innermost convictions?
Subject Area
Literature|Philosophy|Religion
Recommended Citation
Pennisi, Josepha Rosaire, "Religious Views in the Works of Juan Valera" (1959). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28673324.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28673324
