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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803, author.

Contributor:

Delany, Sheila, writer of introduction, translator.

Standardized Title:

Femme abbé. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--France--Fiction.

Catholic Church.

Women--France--Social conditions--Fiction.

Women.

Impersonation--Fiction.

Impersonation.

Social conditions.

France.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novellas.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 68 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68).

Other Format:

Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803. Femme abbé. English. Woman priest.

ISBN:

9781772121230

1772121231

OCLC:

947133999