Publication

2016 - University of Alberta Press

Language

English

Word Count

26,000 words, Guess

Page Count

104 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101772121231
  • ISBN-139781772121230
  • OCLC Control Number947133999
  • Better World Books9781772121230
  • Open LibraryOL34629696M

Classifications

  • LCCPQ2001.M5
  • LCCPQ2001.M5 F413 2016

Description

"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 had become part of 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."--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Woman Priest: A Translation of Sylvain Maréchal's Novella, la Femme AbbéUniversity of Alberta Press2016-01-01

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