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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787122903321

Autore

Howe Elizabeth Teresa <1945-, >

Titolo

Autobiographical writing by early modern Hispanic women / / Elizabeth Teresa Howe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-138-37999-9

1-317-17692-8

1-317-17691-X

1-315-56847-0

1-4724-3578-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Women and gender in the early modern world

Disciplina

860.9/92870903

Soggetti

Spanish literature - Classical period, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Spanish literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Autobiography - Authorship

Spanish literature - Mexico - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Telling li(v)es: women and autobiography -- Court and convent: Leonor López de Córdoba and Sor Teresa de Cartagena -- Carmelite and Cloister: Santa Teresa de Jesús -- In the footsteps of Santa Teresa: Carmelite nuns and the reform(er) -- Soldier in New Spain: Catalina de Erauso -- Defending her life: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Sommario/riassunto

Women's life writing in general has too often been ignored, dismissed, or relegated to a separate category in those few studies of the genre that include it. The present work addresses these issues and offers a countervailing argument that focuses on the contributions of women writers to the study of autobiography in Spanish during the early modern period, both in Spain and in Mexico.