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COV&R-Bulletin No. 8 (March 1995)


Bibliography of Literature on the Mimetic Theory, Vol. VIII

Dietmar Regensburger


1) Books concerning the entire work of René Girard

Assmann, Hugo, ed. Sobre ídolos y sacrificios: René Girard con téologos de la liberación. Colección Economía- teología. San José, Costa Rica: Editorial Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones, 1991.

Centre de recherche en épistémologie appliquée, ed. Structures et temporalités: figures du desir, de la dette et du sacrifice. Cahiers du CREA 12. Paris: C.R.E.A., 1988.

2) Articles concerning the entire work of René Girard

Chauvet, Louis-Marie. "Le 'sacrifice' en christianisme: Une notion ambiguë." In Le sacrifice dans les religions, ed. Neusch, Marcel, 139-155. Sciences théologiques et religieuses 3. Paris: Beauchesne, 1994.

Goodhart, Sandor. "Girard, René." In The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, ed. Groden, Michael and Kreiswirth, Martin, 355-357. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Hamteron-Kelly, Robert. "A Tribute to René Girard on his 70th birthday." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): IX-XII.

Nowak, Susan. "The Girardian Theory and Feminism: Critique and Appropriation." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 19-29.

3) Bibliographies of Literature on the Mimetic Theory

ANON. "Bibliography." In René Girard and Myth: An Introduction, ed. Golsan, Richard J., 181-237. Theorists of Myth 7. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993.

ANON. "Bibliography." In To Honor René Girard, ed. Juilland, Alphonse, iii-xxxii. Stanford French and Italian Studies 34. Saratoga/Calif.: Anma Libri, 1986.

Deguy, Michel and Dupuy, Jean-Pierre. "Biografie et bibliografie de René Girard." In René Girard et le probléme du Mal, ed. Deguy, Michel and Dupuy, Jean-Pierre, 311-333. Paris: Grasset, 1982.

Regensburger, Dietmar. Bibliography of Literature on the Mimetic Theory. Innsbruck: Girard-Dokumentation, Institut für Dogmatik, 1994.

Tissot, Georges. "Bibliographie: René Girard." Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses 10/1 (1981): 109-112.

4) Reviews about single works of René Girard

Altwegg, Jürg. "Das Heilige und die Gewalt: René Girards Anthropologie einer neuen evangelischen Ethik." Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Kulturbeilage, 14 May 1983.

Dupuy, Jean-Pierre. "Entretiens avec René Girard: Le Christ et le Chaos." Le Nouvel Observateur n.d. (1994): 60.

Jensen, Hans J.L. Review of A Theater of Envy: William Shakespeare, by René Girard. Literature & Theology 8/4 (December 1994): 421f.

Neubaur, Caroline. "Das Opfer in der Revolte: René Girards Weg aus der Gewalt." Süddeutsche Zeitung, 16 November 1990, 55.

Sistermann, Rolf. Rezension zu Das Ende der Gewalt, von René Girard. Der Evangelische Erzieher 41 (1989): 350-356.

Yoder, John H. Review of The Scapegoat, by René Girard. Religion & Literature 19/3 (Fall 1987): 89-92.

5) Books with references to René Girard

Bataille, Georges. Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939. Edited and with an Introduction by Allan Stoekl. Translated by A. Stoekl, with C. R. Lovitt and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Theory and History of Literature 14. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1985.

Calasso, Roberto. The Ruin of Kasch. Translated by William Weaver and Stephen Sartarelli. Cambridge, Ma.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1994.

Gans, Eric. Science and Faith: The Anthropolgy of Revelation. Savage, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990.

Krippendorff, Ekkehard. Politik in Shakespeares Dramen: Historien, Römerdramen, Tragödien. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp, 1992.

Rose, Gillian. The Broken Middle: Out of Our Ancient Society. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.

Steindl, Helmut. Genugtuung: Biblisches Versöhnungsdenken - eine Quelle für Anselms Satisfaktionstheorie? Studia Friburgensia N.F. 71. Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitätsverlag, 1989.

6) Articles with references to René Girard

Arens, Edmund. "Kultur, Praxis, Kritik: Anliegen einer kontextuellen Theologie in Europa." Zeitschrift für Katholische Theologie 116/3 (1994): 288-300.

Baudler, Georg. "Antwort an Eugen Biser." Theologische Revue 90/5 (1994): Sp. 363-368.

Bergfleth, Gerd. "Leidenschaft und Weltinnigkeit: Zu Batailles Erotik der Entgrenzung." In Die Erotik, ed. Bataille, Georges, 313-396. München: Matthes & Seitz, 1994.

Bertonneau, Thomas F. "Consecrated in Blood/Unjustly Accused: The Ethical Paradox of William Carlos William's 'In the American Grain' (an Anthropoetics)." Sagetree No.12 (1993): 7-30.

Bertonneau, Thomas F. "Orpheus at the Picnic: Ordinary Pleasure and Originary Murder in Wallace Steven's 'A Primitive like an Orb'." Michigan Academician 26 (1994): 423-439.

Biser, Eugen. "Die Stimme der Antigone: Zu Georg Baudlers Untersuchung über Gewalt und Gewaltlosigkeit in Religion und Christentum." Theologische Revue 90/5 (1994): Sp. 355-364, 367f..

Chauvet, Louis-Marie. "Le sacrifice comme échange symbolique." In Le sacrifice dans les religions, ed. Neusch, Marcel, 277-304. Sciences théologiques et religieuses 3. Paris: Beauchesne, 1994.

Detweiler, Robert and Robbins, Vernon K. "From New Criticism to Poststructuralism: Twentieth-Century Hermeneutics." In Reading the Text: Biblical Criticism and Literary Theory, ed. Prickett, Stephen, 225-280. Oxford, UK and Cambridge, USA: Blackwell, 1991.

Flood, Christopher G. "Collective Violence, Sacrifice, and Conflict Resolution in the Works of Paul Claudel." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 159-171.

Fuchs, Gotthard. "Die Wiederentdeckung der Grenze(n): Lebenswelt und Todesbilder." Diakonia 25/6 (November 1994): 368-376.

Fuchs, Gotthard. "Trauerarbeit und Gewaltanschauung: Eine theologische Notiz zum Wort vom Kreuz." Katechetische Blätter 119/10 (October 1994): 715-720.

Galvin, John P. "Zur dramatischen Erlösungslehre Raymund Schwagers: Fragen aus der Sicht Karl Rahners." In Dramtische Erlösungslehre: Ein Symposion, ed. Niewiadomski, Józef and Palaver, Wolfgang, 157-164. Innsbrucker theologische Studien 38. Innsbruck, Wien: Tyrolia, 1992.

Gebauer, Gunter and Wulf, Christoph. "Mimesis in der Anthropogenese." In Anthropologie nach dem Tode des Menschen: Vervollkommnung und Unverbesserlichkeit, ed. Kamper, Dietmar and Wulf, Christoph, 321-334. Edition Suhrkamp 1906. Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1994.

Goodhart, Sandor. "Biblical Theory and Criticism: 2. Modern Criticism." In The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, ed. Groden, Michael and Kreiswirth, Martin, 84-90. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Hüppauf, Bernd. "Krieg, Gewalt und Moderne." In Gewalt, Faszination und Furcht: Jahrbuch für Literatur und Politik in Deutschland 1, ed. Meyer-Gosau, Frauke and Emmerich, Wolfgang, 12-40. Reclam-Bibliothek 1512. Leipzig: Reclam, 1994.

Juergensmeyer, Mark. "Editor's Introduction: Is Symbolic Violence Related to Real Violence?." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 1-8. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Manganaro, Marc. "Anthropological Theory and Criticism." In The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, ed. Groden, Michael and Kreiswirth, Martin, 26-30. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Rapoport, David C. "Some General Observations on Religion and Violence." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 118-140. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Reeves, Charles Eric. "Myth Theory and Criticism." In The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, ed. Groden, Michael and Kreiswirth, Martin, 520-523. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Schockenhoff, Eberhard. "Die verdrängte Gewalt: Theologisch-ethische Õberlegungen zum Verständnis der Bergpredigt." Stimmen der Zeit 212/4 (April 1994): 239-253.

Serres, Michel. "One God Or A Trinity?" Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 1-17.

Sistermann, Rolf. "Symboldidaktik und gebrochener Mythos." Der Evangelische Erzieher 42 (1990): 321-341.

Steymans, Hans Ulrich. "Die Opfer im Buch Deuteronomium: Ihre Funktion im Leben des Gottesvolkes." Bibel und Kirche 49/3 (1994): 126-131.

Türk, Hans Günther. Rezension zu Dramatische Erlösungslehre: Ein Symposion, hrg. von Niewiadomski, J. und Palaver, W. Theologische Revue 90/5 (1994): Sp. 367-372.

7) Books applying the mimetic theory

Alison, James. The Joy of Being Wrong: An Essay in the Theology of Original Sin in the Light of the Mimetic Theory of René Girard. Instituto Pedro de Córdoba, Santiago de Chile: unpublished dissertation, 1994.

Bailie, Gil. Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads. New York: Crossroad, 1995.

Juergensmeyer, Mark, ed. Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl Ann. Theodicy and the Redacted African-American Spirituals of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Baylor University, Waco/Texas: unpublished dissertation, 1992.

Quinones, Ricardo J. Foundation Sacrifice in Dante's Commedia. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994.

8) Articles applying the mimetic theory

Anspach, Mark R. "Violence Against Violence: Islam in Comparative Context." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 9-29. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Bandera, Cesáreo. "Separating the Human from the Divine." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 73-90.

Froula, Christine. "St. Virginia's Epistle to an English Gentleman: Or Sex, Violence, and the Public Sphere in Woolff's 'Three Guineas'." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (Spring 1994): 27-56.

Girard, René. "Mythos und Gegenmythos: Zu Kleists 'Das Erdbeben in Chili'." In Positionen der Literaturwissenschaft: Acht Modellanalysen am Beispiel von Kleists 'Das Erdbeben in Chili', ed. Wellbery, David E., 130-148. München: Beck, 1985.

Golsan, Richard J. "Drieu, Céline: French Fascism, Scapegoating, and the Price of Revelation." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 173-183.

Haas, Marya C. de. "Aan geweld valt niet te ontsnappen: De theorie van de Franse denker René Girard zou het mysterie in Donna Tartts 'De verborgen geschiedenis' wel eens kunnen ophelderen." HN-magazine, 11 June 1994: 30-33.

Juergensmeyer, Mark. "Sacrifice and Cosmic War." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 101-127. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Kramer, Martin. "Sacrifice and Fratricide in Shiite Lebanon." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 30-47. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Lawrence, Bruce B. "The Islamic Idiom of Violence: A View from Indonesia." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 82-100. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Lépine, Jacques-Jude. "Le Serment vindicatoire chez racine." Le Serment 1 (1991): 103-116.

Lépine, Jacques-Jude. "Phaedra's Labyrinth as the Paradigm of Passion: Racine's Aesthetic Formulation of Mimetic Desire." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 47-62.

McKenna, Andrew J. "The Pyrrhus Perplex: A Superficial View of Mimesis." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 31-46.

McKenna, Andrew J. "Pascal, Order, and Difference." Religion & Literature 25/2 (Summer 1993): 55-75.

Mishler, William. "Sacrificial Nationalism in Henrik Ibsen's 'The Pretenders'." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 127-138.

Neusch, Marcel. "Une conception chrétienne du sacrifice: Le modèle de saint Augustin." In Le sacrifice dans les religions, ed. Neusch, Marcel, 117-138. Sciences théologiques et religieuses 3. Paris: Beauchesne, 1994.

Orzech, Charles D. "Mechanisms of Violent Retribution in Chinese Hell Narratives." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 111-126.

Prystowsky, Richard J. "An I for an I: Projection, Subjection, and Christian Antisemitism in 'The Service for Representing Adam'." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 139-157.

Schoffeleers, Matthew. "Twins and Unilateral Figures in Central and Southern Africa: Symmetry and Asymmetry in the Symbolization of the Sacred." Journal of Religion in Africa 21/4 (1991): 345-372.

Schwager, Raymund. "Suffering, Victims, and Poetic Inspiration." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 63-72.

Schwager, Raymund. "Biblische Texte als 'Mischtexte': Das hermeneutisch-spirituelle Programm der 'Entmischung'." Katechetische Blätter 119/10 (October 1994): 698-703.

Schwager, Raymund. "Evolution, Erbsünde und Erlösung." Zeitschrift für Katholische Thelogie 117/1 (1995): 1-24.

Sivan, Emmanuel. "The Mythologies of Religious Radicalism: Judaism and Islam." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 71-81. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Sprinzak, Ehud. "Violence and Catastrophe in the Theology of Rabbi Meir Kahane: The Ideologization of Mimetic Desire." In Violence and the Sacred in the Modern World, ed. Juergensmeyer, Mark, 48-70. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1992.

Williams, James G. "History-Writing as Protest: Kingship and the Beginning of Historical Narrative." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis and Culture 1 (Spring 1994): 91-110.