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The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz book

The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

DOI link for The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz book

ByGeorge Antony Thomas
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2012
eBook Published 3 March 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554433
Pages 152 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315554433
SubjectsArea Studies, Humanities
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Thomas, G. (2012). The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554433

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |9 pages

Occasional Nun: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Early Modern Women’s Poetry, and the Occasional Mode

chapter 1|25 pages

The Wedding Preacher: Celebrating the Brides of Christ

chapter 2|19 pages

The Poet of Empire: Imperial Ceremony and Imitatio Horati

chapter 3|24 pages

The Chronicler of Self: Flattery Will Get You Somewhere

chapter 4|21 pages

The Court Advisor: Queenship and Kingship in Occasional Works

chapter |7 pages

The Political Aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

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