The Catholic Church and Unruly Women Writers
Subtitle: Critical Essays
Contributors: Jeana DelRosso (Editor); Leigh Eicke (Editor); Ana Kothe (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 13, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230600256
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Women's studies; Women Authors; Religion / Catholicism; Christianity - Catholic; Religion; Religion - Catholicism
Description: This collection covers varied perspectives on both canonical and lesser-known Catholic women writers, all focusing on unruliness in what is commonly thought of as a restrictive site of writing for women: Catholicism. This volume is comprised of fourteen selected essays divided into three main sections by chronology: (1) medieval through the seventeenth centuries; (2) eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; and (3) the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Geared towards scholars of literary criticism and women's studies, this collection addresses issues of gender and religion that remain central to the lives of many women living in the world today.