Teresa of Avila and the Rhetoric of Femininity

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'A startling case study of how women were able to function as leaders and intellectuals in cultures that forbade these roles in the most extreme way. It throws new light on Teresa as a complex personality, highly political, consciously strategic in her selection of rhetoric for different context, humorous and ironic. This book will become a definitive study for revising all previous work about Teresa.'

Alison Weber is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Virginia.

"Weber's book reveals the many ambiguities of Teresa's narrative technique. Her analysis of these shifting tones and strategies is original and stimulating, and is a valuable contribution to the study of this extraordinary woman."--Colin P. Thompson, The Times Literary Supplement