1st Edition
Autobiographical Writing by Early Modern Hispanic Women
By Elizabeth Teresa Howe
Copyright 2015
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. There are, indeed, examples of... Read more
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
Biography
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 AgustÃn (2004).
'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
