Madre Maria de San Jose (1656 - 1719)-mystic, chronicler, and co-founder of an Augustinian convent-inscribed her life story within the model of spiritual autobiography set by St. Augustine and Teresa of Avila, but at the same time included her individual story as a seventeenth-century woman of the landowning classes in New Spain. The resulting manuscript records in intimate detail her family life, convent surroundings, and social milieu; it introduces us to a combative and engaging person and gives us a rare and vivid glimpse of a complex society.
Madre Maria de San Jose (1656 - 1719)-mystic, chronicler, and co-founder of an Augustinian convent-inscribed her life story within the model of spi...
Known as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric poets and dramatists of her time. While earlier translators have ignored Sor Juana's keen awareness of gender, this volume brings out her own emphasis and diction, and reveals the remarkable scholarship, subversiveness, and even humor she drew on in defense of her cause. This expanded, bilingual edition combines new research and perspectives on an inspired writer and thinker. It includes the fully annotated primary text, The Answer/La...
Known as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric p...
When it appeared in 1989, Untold Sisters was the first general introduction to Hispanic convent culture published in the United States. Since then, much has been learned about the links among women of differing cultures, orders, and convents, their networks and support systems, their conflicts and rivalries.
Most nun-authors lived in convents and were subject to multiple mechanisms of control. They found ways to negotiate, however, the repressive machinery of ecclesiastic and state institutions. Untold Sisters underscores how role models such at St. Teresa of Avila...
When it appeared in 1989, Untold Sisters was the first general introduction to Hispanic convent culture published in the United States. Sinc...
Kathryn and her family were awakened to the dark side when Kathryn stumbled upon the unthinkable in her apartment. In dismay and bewilderment she went to her parents' farm to recuperate from her horrendous ordeal. Her handsome friend and confidant Jeff helped her to see a glimpse of hope as they try to unravel the mysterious circumstances about Kathryn's discovery. Visit www.hookonbook.com for additional books.
Kathryn and her family were awakened to the dark side when Kathryn stumbled upon the unthinkable in her apartment. In dismay and bewilderment she went...
