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Writing Lourdes. Faith, Miracles, and the Elaboration of an Official Story
2018
Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung
Late nineteenth-century France is a place of renewed religious fervor, particularly around the miraculous healings at Lourdes, where sick masses converge in hope of being healed of a wide range of ailments. The same period is also known for its belief in medical and scientific progress, leading to the production of competing narratives about faith, and the question of its role in the healing process becomes a concern in both medical discourse and Catholic literature. Lourdes itself crystallizes
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