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The life of Saint Teresa of Avila : a biography, Carlos Eire

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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco's Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa's confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman's testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xvi, 260 pages
Contents
  • Preface: The character of the Vida
  • Chapter 1: Teresa's life story
  • Chapter 2: How, when, and why the book was written
  • Chapter 3: The mysticism of the Vida
  • Chapter 4: The life of the Vida, 1600-1800
  • Chapter 5: The life of the Vida in art
  • Chapter 6: From Enlightenment to modernity: skeptics, seekers, psychoanalysts, fascists
  • Chapter 7: The post-mystical intermillennial Vida
  • Epilogue: Doctor of the church, sign of contradiction
Isbn
9780691164939
Instance
Label
The life of Saint Teresa of Avila : a biography
Title
The life of Saint Teresa of Avila
Title remainder
a biography
Statement of responsibility
Carlos Eire
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Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography at all, but rather a confession written for inquisitors by a nun whose raptures and mystical claims had aroused suspicion. Despite its troubled origins, the book has had a profound impact on Christian spirituality for five centuries, attracting admiration from readers as diverse as mystics, philosophers, artists, psychoanalysts, and neurologists. How did a manuscript once kept under lock and key by the Spanish Inquisition become one of the most inspiring religious books of all time? National Book Award winner Carlos Eire tells the story of this incomparable spiritual masterpiece, examining its composition and reception in the sixteenth century, the various ways its mystical teachings have been interpreted and reinterpreted across time, and its enduring influence in our own secular age. The Life became an iconic text of the Counter-Reformation, was revered in Franco's Spain, and has gone on to be read as a feminist manifesto, a literary work, and even as a secular text. But as Eire demonstrates in this vibrant and evocative book, Teresa's confession is a cry from the heart to God and an audacious portrayal of mystical theology as a search for love. Here is the essential companion to the Life, one woman's testimony to the reality of mystical experience and a timeless affirmation of the ultimate triumph of good over evil
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Biography type
individual biography
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10785233
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ERASA
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Eire, Carlos M. N
Dewey number
  • 282.092
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BX4700.T4
LC item number
.E37 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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True
Series statement
Lives of Great Religious Books
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  • Teresa
  • Christian saints
  • Spiritual life
Label
The life of Saint Teresa of Avila : a biography, Carlos Eire
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Preface: The character of the Vida -- Chapter 1: Teresa's life story -- Chapter 2: How, when, and why the book was written -- Chapter 3: The mysticism of the Vida -- Chapter 4: The life of the Vida, 1600-1800 -- Chapter 5: The life of the Vida in art -- Chapter 6: From Enlightenment to modernity: skeptics, seekers, psychoanalysts, fascists -- Chapter 7: The post-mystical intermillennial Vida -- Epilogue: Doctor of the church, sign of contradiction
Control code
on1090685129
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xvi, 260 pages
Isbn
9780691164939
Lccn
2019936638
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1090685129
Label
The life of Saint Teresa of Avila : a biography, Carlos Eire
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Preface: The character of the Vida -- Chapter 1: Teresa's life story -- Chapter 2: How, when, and why the book was written -- Chapter 3: The mysticism of the Vida -- Chapter 4: The life of the Vida, 1600-1800 -- Chapter 5: The life of the Vida in art -- Chapter 6: From Enlightenment to modernity: skeptics, seekers, psychoanalysts, fascists -- Chapter 7: The post-mystical intermillennial Vida -- Epilogue: Doctor of the church, sign of contradiction
Control code
on1090685129
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
xvi, 260 pages
Isbn
9780691164939
Lccn
2019936638
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1090685129

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