Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-sixteenth Century Spain
Author:   Elena Carrera
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781900755962


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 December 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-sixteenth Century Spain


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Author:   Elena Carrera
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Legenda
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781900755962


ISBN 10:   1900755963
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 December 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction, 1 The Background of Teresa’s Writing: Spirituality as a Subjective Form of Knowledge, 2 Experience versus Intellect: The ‘Will to Knowledge’ and the Practice of Recogimiento, 3 Redefining the Boundaries between Truth and Error (1525-1559), 4 Teresa’s Criticism of Confessors (1539-1554), 5 Practices of the Self: Mortification , Obedience and Genera Confession (1554 - 1559) 6 Subverting the Structure of Confession: Role Reversals (1560-1565), 7 Writing the Self (1562-1565), Conclusion.

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Elena Carrera is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Oxford Brookes University. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, and has taught at the universities of Zaragoza, Nottingham, Oxford and Birkbeck College, London.

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