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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

      ByGeorge Antony Thomas
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2012
      eBook Published 14 March 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554433
      Pages 152
      eBook ISBN 9781315554433
      Subjects Area Studies, Humanities
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      Thomas, G.A. (2012). The Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315554433

      ABSTRACT

      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 Chapter 1|25 pages

      The Wedding Preacher: Celebrating the Brides of Christ

      chapter Chapter 2|19 pages

      The Poet of Empire: Imperial Ceremony and Imitatio Horati

      chapter Chapter 3|24 pages

      The Chronicler of Self: Flattery Will Get You Somewhere

      chapter 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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