| Description |
x, 279 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions |
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SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions.
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| Contents |
Female Mysticism: A Historical Perspective -- Marie de l'Incarnation -- The Female Mystical Body in Transition: From the Rhetoric of Suffering to the Rhetoric of Health -- From France to Canada/From Motherhood to Subjecthood: Mystical Writing as Distancing -- The Double Bind--The Invisible Historical Subject as Historiographer -- The Confrontation between "Civilized" and "Savage" Femininity in the New World -- Madame Guyon -- A Figure of Transition: Madame Guyon between the Female Mystical Tradition and the Emergence of a New Era -- The Quarrel of Quietism and the Construction of Modern Femininity -- Guyon's Autobiography at the Crossroads of History. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index. |
| Subject |
Marie de l'Incarnation, mère, Saint, 1599-1672.
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Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte, 1648-1717.
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Mysticism -- History -- 17th century.
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Women mystics -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0791436616 alkaline paper |
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0791436624 paperback alkaline paper |
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