This fascinating collection is the first to gather together a wide variety of works by Spanish women writers of the Golden Age. In the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, the cloister was a refuge for women with intellectual aspirations. A small percentage of women in religious orders put their writing skills to literary use, producing biographies of founding sisters, histories of their orders, and even poetry and theater. Most of these writings were never published, and only now are researchers beginning to unearth and transcribe them.

Women Writers of Early Modern Spain...

Un libro introductorio a los trabajos mAs importantes de la literatura Hispanoamericana

Esta antologIa ofrece una visiOn e introducciOn de los escritores Hispanoamericanos mAs importantes y sus trabajos. Editado por BArbara Mujica, una reconocida profesora de espaNol de la Universidad de Georgetown y Presidenta EmErita de la AsociaciOn del Teatro ClAsico Hispano, el libro incluye selecciones de una variedad de gEneros que captura los periodos principales de la literatura.

• Editado por una experta en literatura Hispanoamericana
• Ofrece trabajos complejos de...

Celebrate 1,000 years of Spanisb literary creativity!

Bá rbara Mujica's  Milenio is a testament to the extraordinary vitality, creativity, and history of Spanish literature. From "El Cantar de Mio Cid" (one of the earliest examples of Spanish literature) to pieces by such modern masters as Juan Goytisolo, Eduardo Mendoza, and Rosa Montero, the text explores a wide range of selections that  trace the development of Spanish literature from tis origins to the present day.

Each Milenio selection was chosen for its literary merits, significance in the history of Spanish...