Pour la fête de notre séraphique mère sainte Thérèse: A Teresian Celebration in Verse, and a Concise View of French Carmelite Poetry

This article commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Teresa of Avila has two purposes: one, the presentation and analysis of a newly discovered poem composed in honor or Teresa of Avila in the French Carmelite convent of Saint-Denis (Paris) and two, a brief overview of recent scholarly w...

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Main Author: Daniel Hanna
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de València 2015-12-01
Series:Scripta: Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna
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Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/scripta/article/view/7226/7445
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Summary:This article commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Teresa of Avila has two purposes: one, the presentation and analysis of a newly discovered poem composed in honor or Teresa of Avila in the French Carmelite convent of Saint-Denis (Paris) and two, a brief overview of recent scholarly work on French Carmelite poetry. It is proposed in the article that the poems of Teresa of Avila, not always considered important in their own right, should be re-considered and re-contextualized as foundational texts in a long tradition of Carmelite poetry that is both international and multilingual. Aquest article commemoratiu del 500 aniversari del naixement de Teresa d’Àvila té dos propòsits: el primer, la presentació i l’anàlisi d’un poema acabat de descobrir i fet en honor de Teresa d’Àvila al convent carmelità francés de Saint-Denis (París) i, en segon lloc, una breu descripció del treball acadèmic recent sobre la poesia carmelitana francesa. Es proposa a l’article que els poemes de Teresa d’Àvila, no sempre considerats importants per dret propi, s’han de tornar a considerar i recontextualitzar com textos fundacionals d’una llarga tradició de la poesia dels carmelitans, que és, alhora, internacional i multilingüe.
ISSN:2340-4841