{"product_id":"the-woman-priest-a-translation-of-sylvain-marechals-novella-la-femme-abbe-9781772121230","title":"The Woman Priest: A Translation of Sylvain Maréchal's Novella, La Femme Abbé","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sylvain Maréchal | Sheila Delany\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Alberta Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Alberta Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Alberta Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47887653929111,"sku":"9781772121230","price":2015.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781772121230.webp?v=1781160559","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-woman-priest-a-translation-of-sylvain-marechals-novella-la-femme-abbe-9781772121230","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}