Description: Spiridion by George Sand, Title George Sand Both Gothic and philosophical, "Spiridion" tells the story of a young novice, Angel, who finds himself cruelly ostracized by his monastic superiors and terrified by the ghostly visits of his monastery s founder, the abbot Spiridion. Though he founded the monastery on the search for truth, Spiridion watched his once intelligent and virtuous monks degenerate into a cruel, mindless community. Turning away from the Church and withdrawing into his cell, he poured his energy into a manuscript that tells the truth about Roman Catholic doctrine and monastic life and provides a vision of a new and eternal gospel. The manuscript was buried with him, and his spirit now searches for a monk who is intelligent enough to exhume it from his crypt, which is guarded by hellish spirits, and share its vision with the world. Translated into English for the first time in more than 160 years, "Spiridion" offers a fierce critique of Catholic doctrine as well as solutions for living with the Church s teachings. Although Sand had broken with the Church several years earlier, she nevertheless continued to believe in an omnipotent God, and her novel makes the distinction, as Angel s protector, Father Alexis, puts it, between the authority of faith and the application of this authority in the hands of men. As translator Patricia J. F. Worth argues in her introduction, the novel s emphasis on freedom of inquiry, benevolence, and moral reform inspired other nineteenth-century writers, including Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Matthew Arnold, and Henry James, and the novel is also relevant to twenty-first-century discussions of religious authority and rigid adherence to doctrine." FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE French CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Patricia J. F. Worth is a French-English translator and private tutor of English and French. She received her master of translation studies from the Australian National University, Canberra, where she focused on nineteenth-century French literature and recent New Caledonian literature. Review This is an excellent translation of a tale of the supernatural by a major French author. With her searing critique of Catholicism and its labyrinthine structures, Sand in "Spiridion" deconstructs her culture in a way similar to what Mary Shelley has done in "Frankenstein." Both works are effective as horror stories, but both can also sustain serious academic inquiry, yielding still deeper rewards. Beyond academe, serious students of religion will also find that "Spiridion" s subject matter raises provocative theological questions. Lynn Hoggard, translator of "Nelida" by Marie d Agoult" Details ISBN1518774350 Author Title George Sand Short Title FRE-SPIRIDION Pages 230 Language French ISBN-10 1518774350 ISBN-13 9781518774355 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Residence US Birth 1804 Death 1876 Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-10-26 Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:99231652;
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