Cornelia Connelly and her interpreters / Judith Lancaster.
315 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Lancaster, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus founded by Cornelia Connelly, examines biographies written by other SHCJ sisters about Connelly, who lived a sometimes tumultuous life as "successively a wife, a mother and a religious sister inevitably implyi...
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Oxford [U.K.] : Way Books.
2004
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| Online Access: | https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:236847 |
| Summary: | 315 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Lancaster, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus founded by Cornelia Connelly, examines biographies written by other SHCJ sisters about Connelly, who lived a sometimes tumultuous life as "successively a wife, a mother and a religious sister inevitably implying differing images of femininity and holiness." (Foreword). Contents: Framing the questions --
Cornelia's canaries --
Through Buckle's eyes --
Convent culture --
Exploring a way forward --
Recasting interpretations --
Re-reading Cornelian myths --
Outcomes and conclusions. |
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