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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463212503321

Autore

DuPont Denise <1966->

Titolo

Writing Teresa [[electronic resource] ] : the saint from Ávila at the fin-de-siglo / / Denise DuPont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lewisburg [Pa.], : Bucknell University Press

Lanham, Md., : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012

ISBN

1-61148-407-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

860.9/006

Soggetti

Spanish literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Spanish literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Christian hagiography in literature

Mysticism and literature - Spain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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).