Autobiographical writing by early modern Hispanic women /

Telling li(v)es: women and autobiography -- Court and convent: Leonor López de Córdoba and Sor Teresa de Cartagena -- Carmelite and Cloister: Santa Teresa de Jesús -- In the footsteps of Santa Teresa: Carmelite nuns and the reform(er) -- Soldier in New Spain: Catalina de Erauso -- Defending her life...

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Main Author: Howe, Elizabeth Teresa, 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]
Series:Women and gender in the early modern world.
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Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:Telling li(v)es: women and autobiography -- Court and convent: Leonor López de Córdoba and Sor Teresa de Cartagena -- Carmelite and Cloister: Santa Teresa de Jesús -- In the footsteps of Santa Teresa: Carmelite nuns and the reform(er) -- Soldier in New Spain: Catalina de Erauso -- Defending her life: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Physical Description:308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-289) and index.
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