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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955753903321

Autore

Myers Kathleen Ann

Titolo

Neither saints nor sinners : writing the lives of women in Spanish America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003

ISBN

9786612367038

9786610502646

9780190289003

0190289007

9780195157239

0195157230

9781280502644

1280502649

9780195348095

0195348095

9781282367036

128236703X

9781423726395

1423726391

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

271/.900228

B

Soggetti

Nuns - Latin America - Biography - History and criticism

Latin American literature - To 1800 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.