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The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana inés de la Cruz.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (153 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317020622
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana inés de la CruzDDC classification:
  • 861/.3
LOC classification:
  • PQ7296.J6 .T466 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Occasional Nun: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Early Modern Women's Poetry, and the Occasional Mode -- 1 The Wedding Preacher: Celebrating the Brides of Christ -- 2 The Poet of Empire: Imperial Ceremony and Imitatio Horati -- 3 The Chronicler of Self: Flattery Will Get You Somewhere -- 4 The Court Advisor: Queenship and Kingship in Occasional Works -- Conclusion The Political Aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Appendix Index of Occasional Verse -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Occasional Nun: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Early Modern Women's Poetry, and the Occasional Mode -- 1 The Wedding Preacher: Celebrating the Brides of Christ -- 2 The Poet of Empire: Imperial Ceremony and Imitatio Horati -- 3 The Chronicler of Self: Flattery Will Get You Somewhere -- 4 The Court Advisor: Queenship and Kingship in Occasional Works -- Conclusion The Political Aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Appendix Index of Occasional Verse -- Bibliography -- Index.

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.

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