- Gebundene Ausgabe: 238 Seiten
- Verlag: University of California Press (April 1995)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0520088026
- ISBN-13: 978-0520088023
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 15,9 x 2,2 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.529.254 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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With few exceptions, representations of Renaissance women were created by men. The Spanish saint, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), who chose to represent herself, was one of those exceptions. What prompted her to write "Book of Her Life", "Interior Castle", and other works? What does the self-portrait of this 16th-century nun, mystic and founder of the Carmelites reveal about its author, the church, state and role of women? This analysis of Teresa's autobiographical writings explores these and many other questions. Bringing to bear a knowledge of Inquisition studies, theory of autobiography, scriptural hermeneutics and hagiography, the author defines Teresa's writings as a project of self-interpretation undertaken mainly as the result of the perceived, later realized, threat of an accusation of heresy. Being female and of paternal Jewish ancestry, Teresa was vulnerable to such a charge. Teresa's writing project presented her with serious difficulties. Judicial confession, her prescribed genre, presumed the writer's guilt, while the subordinate female script precluded a defense against the suspicion that her mystical experiences came from the devil. Through careful textual analysis, Slade demonstrates that Teresa exploited the nuances of numerous genres - hagiography, New World chronicle, mystical theological treatise, and early novel - to create an innocent textual persona and depict herself in heroic terms.
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With few exceptions, representations of Renaissance women were created by men. The Spanish saint, Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), who chose to represent herself, was one of those exceptions. What prompted her to write "Book of Her Life", "Interior Castle", and other works? What does the self-portrait of this 16th-century nun, mystic and founder of the Carmelites reveal about its author, the church, state and role of women? This analysis of Teresa's autobiographical writings explores these and many other questions. Bringing to bear a knowledge of Inquisition studies, theory of autobiography, scriptural hermeneutics and hagiography, the author defines Teresa's writings as a project of self-interpretation undertaken mainly as the result of the perceived, later realized, threat of an accusation of heresy. Being female and of paternal Jewish ancestry, Teresa was vulnerable to such a charge. Teresa's writing project presented her with serious difficulties. Judicial confession, her prescribed genre, presumed the writer's guilt, while the subordinate female script precluded a defense against the suspicion that her mystical experiences came from the devil.Through careful textual analysis, Slade demonstrates that Teresa exploited the nuances of numerous genres - hagiography, New World chronicle, mystical theological treatise, and early novel - to create an innocent textual persona and depict herself in heroic terms.
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In the Book of Her Life, Teresa repeatedly asserts that she writes not of her own will but at the command of her confessors. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Erudite, but hardly readable.
27. April 2001
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It is not clear as to what audience Ms.Slade was addressing in writimg her study of St. Teresa of Avila, certainly not the general reader looking for insights into the personality and life of Teresa de Jesus. Readability apparently was not a prerequisite. The text is hardly free flowing, most of the writing indeed is quite tortuous. Perhaps the volume can be appreciated by an exegete.
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