The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

by George Antony Thomas

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Women and Gender in the Early Modern World

ISBN-10 113810907X

ISBN-13 9781138109070

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date May 25th, 2017

Print length 152 Pages

Weight 238 grams

Dimensions 15.70 x 23.20 x 1.50 cms

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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.

The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz examines the role of occasional verse in the works of the celebrated colonial Mexican nun. The poems that Sor Juana wrote for special occasions (birthdays, funerals, religious feasts, coronations, and the like) have been considered inconsequential by literary historians; but from a socio-historical perspective, George Antony Thomas argues they hold a particular interest for scholars of colonial Latin American literature. For Thomas, these compositions establish a particular set of rhetorical strategies, which he labels the author''s ''political aesthetics.'' He demonstrates how this body of the famous nun''s writings, previously overlooked by scholars, sheds new light on Sor Juana''s interactions with individuals in colonial society and throughout the Spanish Empire.

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