The Catholic Church and Unruly Women Writers : Critical Essays

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. Introduction : Unruly Catholic Women Writers Through The Centuries / Jeana Delrosso, Leigh Eicke, And Ana Kothe -- Pt. 1. Medieval Through Seventeenth Century : Female As Flesh In The Later Middle Ages And The Bodily Knowing Of Angela Of Foligno / Jennifer Judge -- I Grab The Microphone And Move My Body: Volatile Speech, Volatile Bodies, And The Church's Attempt To Measure Holiness / M.c. Bodden -- Letters From The Convent: St. Teresa Of Ávila's Epistolary Mode / Joan F. Cammarata -- Talking Out Of Church : Women Arguing Theology In Sor Juana's Loa To The Divino Narciso / Jeanne Gillespie -- Angela Carranza, Would-be Theologian / Stacey Schlau -- Resituating Carvajal's Vida In Protonovelistic Narratives / Ana Kothe -- Pt. 2. Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries : Through The Grate, Or, English Convents And The Transmission And Preservation Of Female Catholic Recusant History / Tonya Moutray Mcarthur -- Must Her Own Words Do All? : Domesticity, Catholicism, And Activism In Adelaide Anne Procter's Poems / Cheri Larsen Hoeckley -- The Legacy Of Leveau In The Practice Of Helen Prejean : The Tradition And Territory Of New Orleans' Spiritual Advisors / Barbara Eckstein -- Pt. 3. Twentieth And Twenty-first Centuries : Reluctant Catholics : Contemporary Irish-american Women Writers / Sally Barr Ebest -- Marie-claire Blais Revises John Keats : Sadean Moments And Anti-catholic Sentiment In Une Saison Dans La Vie D'emmanuel / Ben P. Robertson -- Catholicism's Other(ed) Holy Trinity : Race, Class, And Gender In Black Catholic Girl School Narratives / Jeana Delrosso -- Challenging Catholicism : Hagar Vs. The Virgin In Graciela Limón's The Memories Of Ana Calderón / Mary Jane Suero-elliott -- Dis-robing The Priest : Gender And Spiritual Conversions In Louise Erdrich's The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse / Pamela J. Rader. Edited By Jeana Delrosso, Leigh Eicke, And Ana Kothe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction: Unruly Catholic women writers through the centuries / Jeana DelRosso, Leigh Eicke, and Ana Kothe Pt. 1. Medieval through seventeenth century. Female as flesh in the later Middle Ages and the "bodily knowing" of Angela of Foligno / Jennifer Judge "I grab the microphone and move my body": volatile speech, volatile bodies, and the Church's attempt to measure holiness / M.C. Bodden Letters from the convent: St. Teresa of Ávila's epistolary mode / Joan F. Cammarata Talking out of church: women arguing theology in Sor Juana's loa to the Divino Narciso / Jeanne Gillespie Angela Carranza, would-be theologian / Stacey Schlau Resituating Carvajal's Vida in protonovelistic narratives / Ana Kothe pt. 2. Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through the grate; or, English convents and the transmission and preservation of female Catholic recusant history / "Must her own words do all?": domesticity, Catholicism, and activism in Adelaide Anne Procter's poems / Tonya Moutray McArthur The legacy of Leveau in the practice of Helen Prejean: the tradition and territory of New Orleans' spiritual advisors / Barbara Eckstein pt. 3. Twentieth and twenty-first centuries. "Reluctant Catholics": contemporary Irish-American women writers / Sally Barr Ebest Marie-Claire Blais revises John Keats: Sadean moments and anti-Catholic sentiment in Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel / Ben P. Robertson Catholicism's other(ed) Holy Trinity: race, class, and gender in black Catholic girl school narratives / Jeana DelRosso Challenging Catholicism: Hagar vs. the virgin in Graciela Limón's The memories of Ana Calderó / Mary Jane Suero-Elliott Dis-robing the priest: gender and spiritual conversions in Louise Erdrich's The last report on the miracles at Little No Horse / Pamela J. Rader 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--Résumé de l'éditeur This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions.