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Henri Brémond

Henri Brémond was a French literary critic, historian, writer and catholic priest (1865–1933). He was born at Aix-en-Provence and died at Arthez-d'Asson.

Also recorded as Henri Bremond.

Henri Brémond in brief

Born
1865
Died
1933
Known for
literary critic,historian,writer,catholic priest,catholic theologian
Place of birth
Aix-en-Provence

Overview

Born at Aix-en-Provence in 1865, died at Arthez-d'Asson in 1933.

Recognition and collections

Henri Brémond received Broquette-Gonin prize in philosophy, Juteau-Duvigneaux Prize and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

L'Évolution Littéraire de Maurice Barrès. Religion de George Eliot. Sir Thomas More. L'oraison du coeur. Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie / [Henri Brémond]., dated 1926, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

19 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Henri Brémond, Books Abroad, 1934. HENRI BRÉMOND: POETICS AS MYSTAGOGY, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 1946. Portrait of a Devout Humanist M. l'Abbé Henri Brémond, Harvard Theological Review, 1954. Henri Brémond. The Life and Work of a Devout Humanist. By Henry Horgath. (S.P.C.K.; 13s. 6d.), Life of the Spirit, 1951. The Thundering Abbot. By Henri Brémond, of the French Academy. Translated by F. J. Sheed. (Sheed & Ward; 7/6.), Blackfriars, 1930. Entretiens avec Paul Valéry. Prayer & poetry, a contribution to poetical theory. Catalogue de l'œuvre complet de Gustave Doré : illustrations, peintures, dessins, sculptures, eaux-fortes, lithographies. The Mystery of Newman, 2006. Histoire littéraire du sentiment religieux en France : les mystiques français du grand siècle, 2008. Les commencements d'une amitié (1897-1904), 1970. Combats pour la prière et pour la poésie : 1921-1933, 1971. A Catholic Contribution to Modern Secular Culture: Henri Bremond, Jacques Le Brun, and the Idea of Pure Love, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, 2023. Henri Bremond: Preaching Newman the Preacher, Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2009. Étienne Fouilloux (dir.), Histoire et littérature chez Henri Bremond, Grenoble, Jérôme Millon, 2009, 218 p., Chrétiens et Sociétés, 2011. Bérénice, poésie pure ou tragédie pure ?, Etudes Epistémè, 2021. A search for absolute poetry (from pure poetry to nonpoetry: Bremond, Hlbina, Silan, and Groch), Slovenska Literatura, 2022. Fontes longínquas que jorram, sobre Roger Bastide e o conceito de mística, Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, 2009. Henri Bremond et l’École française de spiritualité, Chrétiens et Sociétés, 2002.

Digitised editions and texts

7 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Preghiera e poesia (1983) — Internet Archive. Histoire litteraire du sentiment religieux en france (1967) — Internet Archive. A Literary History of Religious Thought in France (1930) — Internet Archive. Sir Thomas More (1920) — Internet Archive. Ames religieuses (1902) — Internet Archive. Le charme d'Athènes (1905) — Internet Archive. gerbet (1907) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Positions recorded include seat 36 of the Académie française. Membership is recorded of Académie Française and Académie de Béarn.

Works named in the authority record are A Literary History of Religious Thought in France.

Distinctions recorded are Broquette-Gonin prize in philosophy, Juteau-Duvigneaux Prize and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Chronology

  1. 1865Henri Brémond born at Aix-en-Provence.
  2. 1902Ames religieuses digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1905Le charme d'Athènes digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1920Sir Thomas More digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1926Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie / [Henri Brémond]. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1930A Literary History of Religious Thought in France digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1933Henri Brémond died at Arthez-d'Asson.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Henri Brémond”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1371115: Henri Brémond

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