Mixing fiction, history, psychoanalysis, and personal fantasy, "Teresa, My Love" follows Sylvia Leclercq, a French psychoanalyst, academic, and incurable insomniac, as she falls for the sixteenth-century Saint Teresa of Avila and becomes consumed with charting her life. Traveling to Spain, Leclercq, Kristeva's probing alterego, visits the sites and embodiments of the famous mystic and awakens to her own desire for faith, connection, and rebellion.One of Kristeva's most passionate and transporting works, "Teresa, My Love" interchanges biography, autobiography, analysis, dramatic dialogue, musical scores, and images of paintings and sculptures to embed the reader in Leclercq's -- and Kristeva's -- journey. Born in 1515, Teresa of Avila survived the Spanish Inquisition and was a key reformer of the Carmelite Order. Her experience of ecstasy, which she intimately described in her writings, released her from her body and led to a complete realization of her consciousness, a state Kristeva explores in relation to present-day political failures, religious fundamentalism, and cultural malaise. Incorporating notes from her own psychoanalytic practice, as well as literary and philosophical references, Kristeva builds a fascinating dual diagnosis of contemporary society and the individual psyche while sharing unprecedented insights into her own character.Number of Words in Auth: 2Single Author : Kristeva, JuliaSorted Author by LN, FN: Kristeva, JuliaTitle Length : 015Number of Formats : 0Title Parm D : Teresa, My LoveTitle Parm F : Teresa, My LoveTitle Parm A : Teresa, My LoveTitle Parm B : (words : 1458Uncomma Author : Julia KristevaHas Cover : TEMPLATE ERROR Interpreter: Internal error evaluating an expression: 'Metadata object has no attribute named: 'has_cover'' - line number 1All Identifiers : goodreads:22329418, isbn:9780231149600, uri:ISBN-978-0-231-14960-0Record ID : TEMPLATE ERROR Value: unknown field idAuszeichnung : isbn searchedNum of Aut : 1