The woman priest : a translation of Sylvain Maréchal's novella, La femme abbé / / translation and introduction by Sheila Delany

• Autore: Maréchal Sylvain
• Pubblicazione: Edmonton, Alberta : , : The University of Alberta Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 pages)
• Disciplina: 843/.5
• Soggetto topico: Impersonation; Women - France - Social conditions
• Soggetto non controllato: French Literature / Women's Studies / Comparative Literature
• Persona (resp. second.): DelanySheila
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: "My God! Pardon me if I have dared to make sacred things serve a profane love; but it is you who have put passion into our hearts; they are not crimes-I feel this in the purity of my intentions." -Agatha, writing to Zoé In pre-revolutionary Paris, a young woman falls for a handsome young priest. To be near him, she dresses as a man, enters his seminary, and is invited to become a fully ordained Catholic priest-a career forbidden to women then as now. Sylvain Maréchal's epistolary novella offers a biting rebuke to religious institutions and a hypocritical society; its views on love, marriage, class, and virtue remain relevant today. The book ends in La Nouvelle France, which became part of British-run Canada during Maréchal's lifetime. With thorough notes and introduction by Sheila Delany, this first translation of Maréchal's novella, La femme abbé, brings a little-known but revelatory text to the attention of readers interested in French history and literature, history of the novel, women's studies, and religious studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: The woman priest
• ISBN: 1-77212-289-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798442203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II