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Thy Word In Me: On the Prayer of Union in St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2006

Mary Margaret Anderson
Affiliation:
Harvard University

Extract

But I know that it can only be gained by abandoning everything.—St. Teresa of Avila

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

I wish to express my gratitude to Elaine Scarry for reading earlier drafts of this essay and for her thoughtful guidance in editing. I want to thank the editors and staff of HTR, the anonymous reviewer whose detailed comments significantly benefited this essay, and Luis Girón-Negrón, Ronald Thiemann and Davíd Carrasco who read this essay in a nascent stage. My gratitude also to Curtis Almquist, SSJE, and to Robert L’Espérance, SSJE, whose conversation three years ago prompted my deepening my acquaintance with St. Teresa of Avila.