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Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

byAlison Weber
200 pagesHardcovernewApr 1990

About this book

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 orthod

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780691068121
Format
Hardcover
Pages
200
Condition
new
Published
21 April 1990
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