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THE COMPLETE POETRY - TERESA OF AVILA KARTONIER...

'Vogt is striving to return to the primitive rule of scholarship  which stresses canonicity 
esthetic and humanistic values  historical grounding  and adherence to text. Vogt's Critical
Introduction places Saint Teresa's work in the political  historical  and religious context of
Golden Age Spain  where faith permeated every aspect of life. He humanizes his subject by
stressing her earthiness- for example  her fondness for music and cooking-as well as her
political savvy and sincere affection for her fellow nuns. Vogt explores the major literary
influences on Saint Teresa's work  including the chivalric novels she so loved as a girl. These
along with the works of Loyola  inspired her use of military images and her notion of life as a
form of spiritual warfare against the World. Saint Teresa's versions a lo divino of profane
love poetry evince the influence of Courtly Love on her poetic compositions  in which God and
the soul are sometimes depicted as lovers. Vogt does succeed in capturing the flow and tone of
Saint Teresa's verse and the passion of her voice. Vogt has produced a highly readable
translation of Teresa de Avila's poetry.' Barbara Mujica (Georgetown University).

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