Teresa of Avila's Autobiography
Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Spain
Elena Carrera
Click cover to enlarge | Legenda 4 February 2005 • 224pp ISBN: 1-900755-96-3 (paperback) • RRP £75, $99, €85 ISBN: 978-1-351197-07-6 (Taylor & Francis ebook) RenaissanceSpanishLife-Writing The Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila (1515-82) is the author of one of the most acclaimed early modern autobiographies (Vida, 1565), yet this is the first study to examine the impact of textual models on her self-construction. In looking at the issue of the self, Carrera draws on the theories of Ricoeur and Foucault, and also applies a valuable historical perspective. Through a close analysis of devotional books and confessors' manuals, she establishes significant connections between Teresa's autobiography and the practices of meditative reading and confession in sixteenth-century Spain. Elena Carrera is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at Oxford Brookes University. Reviews:
Bibliography entry: Carrera, Elena, Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Spain (Legenda, 2005) First footnote reference: 35 Elena Carrera, Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Spain (Legenda, 2005), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Carrera, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Carrera, Elena. 2005. Teresa of Avila's Autobiography: Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Spain (Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Carrera 2005: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Carrera 2005: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)
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