Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity - Couverture rigide

Weber, Alison

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691068127 ISBN 13 : 9780691068121

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alison Weber is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691068127
• ISBN 13: 9780691068121
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible