“A Single Liturgy”: Fanny Howe’s The Wedding Dress

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2009

Author

Huk, Romana

Journal

Christianity & Literature

Volume

58

Number

4

Pages

657-693

Language

English

Keywords

conversion
Christianity
Stein, Edith
Howe, Fanny
social justice

Annotation

Huk looks at the way the poet Fanny Howe uses the thought of Edith Stein and Simone Weil to reflect on her conversion to Catholicism. Ultimately, there is not much discussion of Weil's thought itself; the essay concerns itself more with Howe's response to and comments on Weil's life, especially her struggle with the thought of conversion and her commitment to social and political activism in the face of perceived injustice.