The Eagle and the Dove - Sackville-West, Vita
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The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'. Both women were Carmelites both canonised and both shared the same name. But whilst Teresa of Avila was aristocratic intellectual vigorous and humorous a Spanish woman of the sixteenth century Th r se of Lisieux was a guileless and sentimental figure of the French bourgeoisie. Teresa the great mystic is the patron saint of Spain; Th r se the humble nun is probably the most beloved saint in the entire Calendar. The extraordinary rise of the cult of both women is scrutinised.…mehr

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The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'. Both women were Carmelites both canonised and both shared the same name. But whilst Teresa of Avila was aristocratic intellectual vigorous and humorous a Spanish woman of the sixteenth century Th r se of Lisieux was a guileless and sentimental figure of the French bourgeoisie. Teresa the great mystic is the patron saint of Spain; Th r se the humble nun is probably the most beloved saint in the entire Calendar. The extraordinary rise of the cult of both women is scrutinised.
Autorenporträt
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962) was born at Knole in Kent, the only child of aristocratic parents. In 1913 she married diplomat Harold Nicolson, with whom she had two sons and travelled extensively. They had an unconventional marriage, and troughout her life Sackville-West had a number of other relationships with both men and women. She wrote novels, non-fiction, and poetry, including The Land (1926), which won the Hawthorden Prize.