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The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 113810907X
ISBN13: 9781138109070
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 25 2017
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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