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Writing Teresa: The Saint from Avila at the fin-de-siglo examines
the Teresa de Jesus "boom" of roughly 1880-1930 and offers an
in-depth study of five major Spanish participants in the
turn-of-the-twentieth-century explosion of literary treatments of
St. Teresa. This historical period's interest in the Saint from
Avila relates to popularization and nationalization of aspects of
Catholicism, technological advances, a modernist fascination with
saintly heroes, the search for new Spanish identities, and the
evolving role of women writers and intellectuals. Teresa was
mysticism in its historical context, energy in a time of doubt, the
possibility of reconciling science and spirituality, a new vision
for writing, and a maternal figure linked to the religion of the
past for those who had lost the faith of their childhood.
Emilia Pardo Bazan (1851-1921), the most important female author of
Spain's nineteenth century, was a prolific writer of novels, short
stories, critical articles, chronicles of modern life, and plays.
Active in the age of Catholic social teaching inaugurated by Pope
Leo XIII, Pardo Bazan imagined religion as an underpinning for
personal and social organization. She addressed the individual
experience of faith and culture, and focused on the tension between
individualism and the social aspects of religious practice. As a
talented literary artist herself, Pardo Bazan was no stranger to
the challenges faced by gifted, privileged members of society,
particularly in the form of temptations offered by modernity and
its widespread encouragement of self-seeking. She wrote repeatedly
about the change of heart that may be experienced by intellectually
and materially advantaged individuals, and shared details of her
own spiritual journey, arguing that once the creative person
redefines herself as Franciscan instrument, she is able to
contribute through her art and actions to the realization of a
personalist society rich in sacramentality. Whole Faith: The
Catholic Ideal of Emilia Pardo Bazan, then, is an analysis of how
this early feminist put her unique talents to work for her nation,
and blended into the worshipping body of Spain by creating for her
compatriots a sacramental vision that enriched and commemorated
their daily lives.
This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish
women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change,
and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly
contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their
consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as
political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and
spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until
World War II. The contributors study women as agents and
representations of social change in a variety of genres, including
short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic
pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo
Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside
lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez,
Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The
critical analyses are situated within their specific
socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and
early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by
Rutgers University Press.
This volume brings together cutting-edge research on modern Spanish
women as writers, activists, and embodiments of cultural change,
and simultaneously honors Maryellen Bieder’s invaluable scholarly
contribution to the field. The essays are innovative in their
consideration of lesser-known women writers, focus on women as
political activists, and use of post-colonialism, queer theory, and
spatial theory to examine the period from the Enlightenment until
World War II. The contributors study women as agents and
representations of social change in a variety of genres, including
short stories, novels, plays, personal letters, and journalistic
pieces. Canonical authors such as Emilia Pardo Bazán, Leopoldo
Alas “Clarín,” and Carmen de Burgos are considered alongside
lesser known writers and activists such as María Rosa Gálvez,
Sofía Tartilán, and Caterina Albert i Paradís. The
critical analyses are situated within their specific
socio-historical context, and shed new light on nineteenth- and
early twentieth-century Spanish literature, history, and culture.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by
Rutgers University Press.
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