Heroic hearts: sentiment, saints, and authority in modern France
Introduction: Pastel Saints and Powerful Women -- Shaping the Sentimental Order: Martyrdom, Marriage, and Catholic Heroism -- Contesting Oppression: Love, Suffering, and Sentimental Literature -- Seeing the Path to Heaven: Sentimental Virtue and Visual Culture -- Preferring Jesus-Christ to Any Man:...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Lincoln
University of Nebraska Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
France
/ Woman
/ Emancipation
/ Christianity
/ Rhetoric
/ History 1800-1899
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| Further subjects: | B
Sentimentalism (France)
History 19th century
B Religion Social aspects (France) History 19th century B Church and the world History 19th century B Catholic women (France) History 19th century B Women Identity History 19th century |
| Summary: | Introduction: Pastel Saints and Powerful Women -- Shaping the Sentimental Order: Martyrdom, Marriage, and Catholic Heroism -- Contesting Oppression: Love, Suffering, and Sentimental Literature -- Seeing the Path to Heaven: Sentimental Virtue and Visual Culture -- Preferring Jesus-Christ to Any Man: Chastity, Sacrifice, and the Religious of the Sacred Heart -- Changing the World: Pauline Jaricot, Social Reform, and the Power of the Heart -- Becoming a Saint: Zélie Martin, Suffering, and Heroism in a Consumer Society -- Conclusion: Roses, Elevators, and Modern Heroism. "Heroic Hearts: Sentiment, Saints, and Authority in Modern France examines how young women, authorized by a widespread cultural discourse that privileged public action over love and marriage, sought to change the world"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1496219619 |