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Neither saints nor sinners : writing the lives of women in Spanish America.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, Kathleen Ann.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuns--Latin America--Biography--History and criticism.
- Nuns.
- Latin American literature--To 1800--History and criticism.
- Latin American literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book brings together the portraits and autobiographical texts of six 17th-century Latin American women, drawing on primary sources that include Inquisition and canonization records, confessional and mystic journals, and legal defenses and petitions.
- Contents:
- Contents; A Note about the Translations; Introduction; I: Potential Saints; 1. Redeemer of America: Rosa de Lima (1586-1617)-The Dynamics of Identity and Canonization; 2. La China Poblana: Catarina de San Juan (ca. 1607-1688)-Hagiography and the Inquisition; 3. The Mystic Nun: Madre María de San José (1656-1719)-Confession and Autohagiography; II: Not Quite Sinners; 4. The Tenth Muse: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)-Letters and Learning in the Church; 5. The Happy Saint: Ursula Suárez (1666-1749)-Rogues and New Saintly Roles
- 6. The Lieutenant Nun: Catalina de Erauso (1592?-1650)-Soldiers' Tales and VirginityConclusions; Appendixes: Selections of Life Writings in translation; A. Rosa de Lima: Selections from Testimony for the Canonization Process; B. Catarina de San Juan: Selections from José Castillo de Graxeda, Compendio de la vida; C. María de San José: Selections from Vida, vol. 1; D. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selections from La Respuesta a Sor Filotea; E. Ursula Suárez: Selections from Relación autobiográfica; F. Catalina de Erauso: Selections from Vida i sucesos; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F
- GH; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786612367038
- 9786610502646
- 9780190289003
- 0190289007
- 9780195157239
- 0195157230
- 9781280502644
- 1280502649
- 9780195348095
- 0195348095
- 9781282367036
- 128236703X
- 9781423726395
- 1423726391
- OCLC:
- 191924347
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