Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity / / Alison Weber.
Celebrated as a visionary chronicler of spirituality, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) suffered persecution by the Counter-Reformation clergy in Spain, who denounced her for her "diabolical illusions" and "dangerous propaganda." Confronting the historical irony of Teresa's transf...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Editions and Translations
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I Little Women: Counter-Reformation Misogyny
- CHAPTER II The Book of Her Life and the Rhetoric of Humility
- CHAPTER III The Way of Perfection and the Rhetoric of Irony
- CHAPTER IV The Interior Castle and the Rhetoric of Obfuscation
- CHAPTER v The Book of Foundations and the Rhetoric of Authority
- CONCLUSION The Golden Pen
- Bibliography
- Index