Religious Views in the Works of Juan Valera

Josepha Rosaire Pennisi, Fordham University

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

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