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

By Sylvain Maréchal

"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 Zo

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 Mar chal'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 Mar chal's lifetime. With thorough notes and introduction by Sheila Delany, this first translation of Mar chal's novella, La femme abb , 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772121231
• ISBN13: 9781772121230
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up