商品簡介
Woshinsky (emerita, U. of Miami) examines the lives of nuns through her readings of religious and literary works, revealing attitudes towards the body, admonitions that suggest less-than-strict following of rules, the daily life of nuns of different houses, and the satirical and erotic male writings on convents, nuns, and their cells that reveal the disconnect between actual practice and the views of writers that include Diderot and Guillerages, both of whom wrote novels about involuntary monachization. The famous work La Princesse de Cleves is a touchstone. She concludes with a chapter on the re-founding of convents again under Napoleon. This is a fascinating work, full of insights into the social, religious, and public aspects of a widespread religious institution. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Barbara Woshinsky, Professor Emerita at the University of Miami, has authored La Princesse de ClA‥ves: the Tension of Elegance, The Linguistic Imperative in French Classical Literature and numerous articles.
