Politics and Poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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colonial Latin American literature
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Early Modern Spanish Literature
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gender and power dynamics
Las Monjas
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Lot’s Wife
occasional
Occasional Mode
occasional poetry analysis
political aesthetics in colonial poetry
Profession Ceremony
rhetorical strategies in verse
Sor Filotea
Spanish Empire cultural studies
Understudied Genre
verse
Young Men
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- ISBN 9781409437697
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Sep 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
George Antony Thomas is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Nevada, Reno.
