Neither saints nor sinners : writing the lives of women in Spanish America.

Kathleen Myers brings together the portraits and autobiographical texts of six 17th century Latin American women, drawing on primary sources that include Inquisition and canonisation records, confessional and mystic journals, and legal defenses and petitions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Myers, Kathleen Ann
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Includes excerpts from seventeenth century texts translated from Spanish.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:	Nuns > Latin America > Biography > History and criticism. Latin American literature > To 1800 > History and criticism. Religieuses > Amérique latine > Biographies > Histoire et critique. Littérature latino-américaine > Jusqu'à 1800 > Histoire et critique. RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations. Latin American literature Nuns > Biography Latin America To 1800 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Potential saints
Redeemer of America: Rosa de Lima (1586-1617)-The dynamics of identity and canonization
La China Poblana: Catarina de San Juan (ca. 1607-1688)-Hagiography and the inquisition
The mystic nun: Madre María de San José (1656-1719)-Confession and autobiography
Not quite sinners
The tenth muse: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)-Letters and learning in the church
The happy saint: Ursula Suárez (1666-1849)-Rogues and new saintly roles
The lieutenant nun: Catalina de Erauso (1592?-1650)-Soldiers' tales and virginity.