In Praise of Disobedience : : Clare of Assisi, A Novel / / Dacia Maraini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Maraini, Dacia,
• MitwirkendeR: Bell, Rudolph M.,; Bell, Rudolph,; Tylus, Jane,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Other Voices of Italy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.) :; none
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Translator’s Preface --; Foreword --; In Praise of Disobedience --; Notes on the Translation and References --; Notes on Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781978833968; 9783111319292; 9783111318912; 9783111319186; 9783111318264; 9783110791303
• DOI: 10.36019/9781978833968
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dacia Maraini.

An author receives a mysterious e-mail begging her to tell the story of Clare of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian saint. At first annoyed by the request, the author begins to research Saint Clare and becomes captivated by her life. We too are transported into the strange and beautiful world of medieval Italy, witnessing the daily rituals of convent life. At the center of that life is Saint Clare, a subversive and compelling figure full of contradictions: a physically disabled woman who travels widely in her imagination, someone unforgivingly harsh to herself yet infinitely generous to the women she supervises, a practitioner of self-abnegation who nevertheless knows her own worth. A visionary who liberated herself from the chains of materialism and patriarchy, Saint Clare here becomes an inspirational figure for a new generation of readers.