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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452652803321

Autore

Thomas George Antony

Titolo

The politics and poetics of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz / / George Antony Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-02062-6

1-315-55443-7

1-317-02061-8

1-282-16534-8

9786613808561

1-4094-3770-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Disciplina

861/.3

Soggetti

Mexican literature - 17th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: occasional nun: Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, early modern women's poetry, and the occasional mode -- The wedding preacher: celebrating the brides of Christ -- The poet of empire: imperial ceremony and Imitatio Horati -- The chronicler of self: flattery will get you somewhere -- The court advisor: queenship and kingship in occasional works -- Conclusion: the political aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz -- Appendix I: Sor Juana's occasional works.

Sommario/riassunto

Analysing the occasional verse writings of the celebrated colonial Mexican nun, Thomas brings to light the particular socio-historical significance of these works, which until now literary scholars have largely considered inconsequential. Thomas demonstrates how these poems by the famous nun-composed for birthdays, funerals, religious feasts, coronations and the like-shed new light on Sor Juana's interactions with individuals in colonial society and throughout the Spanish Empire.