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, Author.

Contributor:

Delany, Sheila, translator, writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--France--Fiction.

Catholic Church.

Impersonation--Fiction.

Impersonation.

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

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Translators Note

The Woman Priest

A very brief preface

First letter. Agatha to Zoe. From Paris

III Agatha to Zoe

IV Note from Zoe

V Agatha to Zoe

VI Zoe to Agatha

VII Agatha to Zoe

VIII Zoe to Agatha

IX Agatha to Zoe

X Zoe to Agatha

XI Agatha to Zoe

XII Zoe to her poor Agatha

XIII Agatha to her Zoe

XIV Agatha to Zoe

XV Zoe to Agatha

XVI Agatha to Zoe

XVII Agatha to Zoe

XVIII Agatha to Zoe

XIX Agatha to Zoe

XX Agatha to Zoe. From the seminary

XXI Agatha to Zoe

XXII Agatha to Zoe

XXIII Agatha to Zoe

XXIV Agatha to Zoe

XXV Agatha to Zoe

XXVI Agatha to Zoe

XXVII Agatha to Zoe

Zoe to her dear Agatha

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author and Translator

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-77212-289-0

OCLC:

947134000