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Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity /

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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Autor principal: Weber, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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