Bastille Witness - The Prison Autobiography of Madame Guyon (1648-1717)

Informationen zum Autor Nancy Carol James received her PhD from the University of Virginia and wrote her dissertation on Madame Guyon. She serves as priest associate at St. John's! Lafayette Square! Washington! D.C. Sharon D. Voros! professor of Spanish and French at the United States Naval Academy! holds a PhD from Columbia University in New York City. Her current scholarship focuses on seventeenth-century women writers in Spain and France. Klappentext Madame Guyon¿s translated prison autobiography provides a compelling account of her eight years of incarceration from 1695 to 1703. The courage she shows sheds light on her most difficult years, including interrogation practices. This text is a testimony to her perseverance in those times of stress and humiliation. Zusammenfassung Madame Guyon's translated prison autobiography provides a compelling account of her eight years of incarceration from 1695 to 1703. The courage she shows sheds light on her most difficult years! including interrogation practices. This text is a testimony to her perseverance in those times of stress and humiliation. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionTranslator¿s NotesChapter One.  Arrest and Imprisonment in Vincennes                     Chapter Two. Behind Closed Doors in VaugirardChapter Three. New Trials in Vaugirard                                            Chapter Four. The Letter from the Priest of Saint-Sulpice             Chapter Five. The Letter from Father La Combe                            Chapter Six. In the Bastille: In the Shadow of a TrialChapter Seven. In the Bastille: The Final Battle                              EpilogueBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Jeanne Marie Bouvier Guyon, Sharon D. (TRN)/ James Voros
• Assisted by: Sharon D Voros (Translation), Sharon D. Voros (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.02.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780761857723
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5772-3
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Biography: religious & spiritual, RELIGION / Christian Living / Women's Interests