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Re: Religion in the works of J. V.

From: margot <margot~at~attglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 17:56:36 -0500
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

oc0u5004~at~liverpool.ac.uk wrote:
>
> To anyone who might be interested in the topic of religion in the works of
> Jules Verne,
>
> I am currently studying French at university, and would be interested to
> know of any texts which treat religion in Verne's work, especially in the
> following texts:
> Voyage au centre de la terre
> De la terre a la lune
> 20 000 lieues sous les mers
> 80 days around the world
> L'ile mysterieuse
> If anyone coyld point me in the right direction, it would be very much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank-you.

Here are the main documents written about religion in JV's works :

Turiello, Mario : La foi et la morale dans les "Voyages
Extraordinaires".
Bulletin de la Societe Jules Verne (premiere serie). P. 30-37.Vol. 2.
No 6.
March 1937.

Ricca, Fernando : Il sentimento religioso di Giulio Verne. In :
"Ricordando Giulio Verne", Rieti, Faraoni, 32 p. P. 13-16. April 1952.

Lampo, Hubert : Jules Verne, de onverwoestbare. In : "De ring van
Moebius". Brussel / Den Haag, Manteau, 294 P. P. 141-159. 1966.

Serres, Michel : Le savoir, la guerre et le sacrifice. Critique. P.
1067-1077. Vol. 33. No 367. December 1977.

Lacassin, Francis : Jules Verne ou le socialisme clandestin. In :
"Jules Verne - Famille-sans-Nom. Paris, Union generale d'Editions, 320
p. (serie "Jules Verne inattendu", coll. 10/18, No 1210). P. 7-36.
1978.

Coutrix-Gouaux, Mireille & Souffrin, Pierre : A propos de matiere et
energie chez J. Verne. Europe. P. 67-72. Vol. 56. No 595. November -
December 1978.

Klotz, Volker : Jules Verne - Mathias Sandorf. In :
"Abenteuer-Romane", Carl Hanser-Verlag, Muenchen, 232 p. P. 182-208.
1979.

Lacassin, Francis : Jules Verne ou le socialisme inattendu. In :
"Passagers clandestins 1", Paris, Union generale d'Editions (coll.
10/18, No 1319), 378 p.
P. 99-162. 1979.

Dumas, Olivier : Le secret du "Village Aerien". Bulletin de la Societe
Jules Verne (Nouvelle serie). P. 180-185. Vol. 14. No 53. January -
March 1980.

Raymond, Francois : Le heros epingle. La Revue des Lettres Modernes
(Paris, Minard), serie Jules Verne. P. 157-174. Vol. 3. No 570.
January - March 1980.

Dumas, Olivier : Le secret du "Village Aerien". In : "Grand Album
Jules Verne", Paris, Hachette, 388 p. P. 188-196. 1982.

Martin, Andrew : The knowledge of ignorance from Genesis to Jules
Verne. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (Coll. "Cambridge Studies
in French"). P. 260. 1985.

Chastang, Marie-Laure : Hetzel et l'atheisme. Bulletin de la Societe
Jules Verne (Nouvelle serie). P. 26-35. Vol. 22. No 88. October -
December 1988.

Dehs, Volker : L'ame de l'oncle Lidenbrock. Sience et religion dans
les "Voyages Extraordinaires". La Revue des Lettres Modernes (Paris,
Minard), Serie Jules Verne.
P. 85-107. Vol. 6. Nos 1083-1092. December 1992.

Among JV's novels dealing with religion, two very important ones are
LE SUPERBE ORENOQUE and LE VILLAGE AERIEN. You will have to read them
carefully, reading "between the lines" to discover what JV wanted to
say and what Hetzel obliged him to hide (see Olivier Dumas's article).

Jean-Michel Margot
Received on Tue 08 Feb 2000 - 00:59:06 IST

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