Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity
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Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

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  2. English
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Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

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 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.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780691027449
9780691068121
eBook ISBN
9780691219622
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
History of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. A Note on Editions and Translations
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter I: Little Women: Counter-Reformation Misogyny
  11. Chapter II: The Book of Her Life and the Rhetoric of Humility
  12. Chapter III: The Way of Perfection and the Rhetoric of Irony
  13. Chapter IV: The Interior Castle and the Rhetoric of Obfuscation
  14. Chapter V: The Book of Foundations and the Rhetoric of Authority
  15. Conculsion: The Golden Pen
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index

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