THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE IMAGINATION IN ST. TERESA OF ÁVILA
THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE IMAGINATION IN ST. TERESA OF ÁVILA
Author(s): Silvia Brodňanová
Subject(s): Semantics, Comparative Study of Literature, Other Language Literature, 16th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Imagination; Thoughts; The Life; The Way of Perfection; The Interior Castle; The Book of the Foundations;
Summary/Abstract: This paper pretends to make a brief incursion into the teachings of Saint Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) about the imagination throughout her four main writings: The Life, The Way of Perfection, The Interior Castle and The Book of the Foundations. Firstly, it offers a terminological clarification. Secondly, it presents the Teresian semantics of the terms.
Book: The Figurativeness of the Language of Mystical Experience: Particularities and Interpretations
- Page Range: 21-28
- Page Count: 8
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF