Writing Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: The Mothers of Saint Teresa of Avila

by Ronald E. Surtz

Overview

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780812232929
Publisher:	University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Publication date:	06/29/1995
Series:	Anniversary Collection
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ronald E. Surtz is Professor in Spanish at Princeton Universityand the author of The Guitar of God: Gender, Power, and Authority in the Visionary World of Mother Juana de la Cruz, 1481-1534, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Editorial Reviews

The author analyzes the writings of five late medieval Castilian nuns who preceded Saint Teresa as authors and mystics, and presents the women as individuals reacting to individual circumstances. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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