Autobiographical Writing by Early Modern Hispanic Women / Edition 1

by Elizabeth Teresa Howe

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472435774
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/18/2016
Series:	Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Teresa Howe is Professor of Spanish at Tufts University, USA. Her other books include Education and Women in the Early Modern Hispanic World (2008) and The Visionary Life of Madre Ana de San AgustÃ-n (2004).

Table of Contents

1 Telling Li(v)es: Women and Autobiography

2 Court and Convent: Leonor López de Córdoba and Sor Teresa de Cartagena

3 Carmelite and Cloister: Santa Teresa de Jesús

4 In the Footsteps of Santa Teresa: Carmelite Nuns and the Reform(er)

5 Soldier in New Spain: Catalina de Erauso

6 Defending Her Life: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Conclusion

Appendix: Confessors, Directors, and Editors of Santa Teresa

Editorial Reviews

'Autobiographical Writing by Early Modern Hispanic Women represents an excellent synthesis of theoretical work on autobiography as genre, and brings together previous studies on female life-writing Spain and the New World with new insights.' Alison P. Weber, University of Virginia, USA

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