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

• Autore: Thomas George Antony
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 861/.3
• Soggetto topico: Mexican literature - 17th century - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics and poetics of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
• ISBN: 1-317-02062-6; 1-315-55443-7; 1-317-02061-8; 1-282-16534-8; 9786613808561; 1-4094-3770-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452652803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Women and gender in the early modern world.