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Teresa of Avila's Autobiography

Authority, Power and the Self in Mid-sixteenth Century Spain
By:Elena Carrera
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9781900755962
eText ISBN:9781351197052
Edition:1
Copyright:2005
Format:Reflowable

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The Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila (1515-82), author of one of the most acclaimed early modern autobiographies (Vida, 1565), has generated a wealth of literary, historical and theological studies, yet none to date has examined the impact of textual models on Teresa's self-construction. In looking at the issue of the self, Carrera draws on revisions