Writing Teresa : the saint from Ávila at the fin-de-siglo / Denise DuPont.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DuPont, Denise, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Spanish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Christian hagiography in literature.

Mysticism and literature--Spain.

Mysticism and literature.

Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582--In literature.

Teresa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writing Teresa examines the essays and works of five turn-of-the-twentieth-century authors devoted to Teresa de Jesús (St. Teresa of Ávila, 1515-1582).

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Hour with Teresa: The Saint and Her Interpreters; 1 Clarín's Teresa: The Faith of the Mother; 2 Emilia Pardo Bazán and Teresa de Jesús, in Public and Private; 3 Unamuno and the Agony of Teresa; 4 Heroism and Humility: Azorín Writes Teresa; 5 Blanca de los Ríos: Teresa as Mother of Tradition; Conclusion: Public and Private Teresas; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-35651-6

1-61148-407-3

OCLC:

846496106