The visionary life of Madre Ana de San Agustín / critical edition and introduction by Elizabeth Teresa Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Elizabeth Teresa, 1945- author.

Series:

Colección Támesis. Textos ; Serie B, 46.

Colección Támesis. Serie B: Textos ; 46

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Ana de San Agustín, 1555-1624.

Ana de San Agustín.

Discalced Carmelite Nuns--Spain--Biography.

Discalced Carmelite Nuns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 131 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2004.

Language Note:

Spanish

Summary:

Madre Ana's account of her life gives insight into the nature of female monasticism at the turn of the seventeenth century. In two relaciones of her life, Madre Ana de San Agust©Ưn, a member of the Discalced Carmelite reform under Santa Teresa, reveals a rich interior life of visions, locutions, and visits to heaven and hell. Guiding her at manyjunctures of her spiritual journey is the figure of Santa Teresa, both before and after the saint's death in 1582. Although Madre Ana does not refer to any books save the Divine Office, the details she provides suggest her familiarity with numerous devotional and mystical texts by men and women available at the time. Her accounts share many of the characteristics of these earlier works. Equally interesting are the connections she draws between her visions and the outside world, especially the struggle over the Carmelite reform. En las dos 'relaciones' de su vida, la Madre Ana de San Agust©Ưn, Carmelita descalza de la Reforma teresiana, revela una rica vida interior de visiones, locuciones, y visitas al cielo y al infierno. Gui©Łndola en su viaje espiritual est©Ł la figura de Santa Teresa, antes y despu©♭s de la muerte de ©♭sta en 1582. Aunque Madre Ana no cita ninguna obra salvo el Oficio Divino, los detalles empleados en sus narrativas sugieren un conocimiento de varios textos de la literatura m©Ưstica y devota escritos por hombres y mujeres que fueron publicados y circulados durante la ©♭poca. Las 'relaciones' de Madre Ana reflejan algunas de las caracter©Ưsticas de estas obras anteriores. A la vez las conexiones que ella hace entre sus visiones y el mundo cotidiano, especialmente en cuanto al conflicto de la Reforma Descalza, son igualmente interesantes. ELIZABETH HOWE is Professor of Spanish at Tufts University, Massachusetts.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHRONOLOGY; INTRODUCTION; Sources; Biography; The Visions; Ana de San Agustín and Santa Teresa; Narrative and Style; Manuscript Sources and Editorial Conventions; RELACIÓN Q[UE] HIZO DE SU VIDA LA M[ADR]E ANA DE S. AGUSTÍN; [SEGUNDA] RELACIÓN DE LA VIDA DE M. ANA DE SAN AGUSTÍN; WORKS CITED; INDEX

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2023).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-124) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-94990-6

9786611949907

1-84615-169-4

OCLC:

798534155