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The Woman Priest

The Woman Priest A Translation of Sylvain Maréchal's Novella, La Femme Abbé

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Publisher's Synopsis

"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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781772121230
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Imprint: University of Alberta Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 843.5
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 104
Weight: 168g
Height: 154mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 10mm