- Drama, Psychoanalysis and religion, Nuns, Infanticide
When, at an isolated convent, the infant of a young nun is found strangled, a court-appointed psychiatrist must decide if the devout but troubled girl is fit to stand trial.
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Grave, intimate, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- John Pielmeier
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 109
- Publisher
- Samuel French Inc Plays, New American Library, Nelson Doubleday
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452257702
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