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 transformation from a figure of questionable orthodoxy to a national saint, Alison Weber shows how this teacher and reformer used exceptional rhetorical skills to defend her ideas at a time when women were denied participation in theological discourse. In a close examination of Teresa's major writings, Weber correlates the stylistic techniques of humility, irony, obfuscation, and humor with social variables such as the marginalized status of pietistic groups and demonstrates how Teresa strategically adopted linguistic features associated with women--affectivity, spontaneity, colloquialism--in order to gain access to the realm of power associated with men.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-13
9780691068121
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91637228
Product Key Features
Book Title
Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity
Author
Alison Weber
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History
Publication Year
1990
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
197mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Alison Weber
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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