Life and Writings of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Luisa De Carvajal Y M, Anne J. Cruz, Luisa De Carvajal y. Mendoza, Anne J. Cruz

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Rejecting marriage and the convent, the Spanish noblewoman, poet, and religious activist Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza ( Jaraicejo 1566–London 1614) led an uncommon life of adventure and spiritual devotion. Orphaned as a child, she lived first at Philip II’s court, and then with an uncle, the Viceroy of Navarra, who enforced harsh discipline on his ward. Through her contacts with the English Jesuits, Carvajal traveled secretly to London as a self-appointed missionary, where she was jailed twice for preaching against Anglicanism. A tireless writer, Carvajal left a small but impressive collection of spiritual poetry, an autobiography, and over two hundred letters. This volume provides a scholarly introduction and translations of selections from her writings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-03-01
Mått159 x 237 x 23 mm
Vikt610 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor370
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9780772721563

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Anne J. Cruz is professor of Spanish and Cooper Fellow at the University of Miami. Her publications range from studies on Spanish Petrarchism, Cervantes, and the comedia to women’s writings and the picaresque novel. She is a member of the Bibliografía de Escritoras Españolas (Bieses) Research Team, coeditor of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and editor of the Ashgate series New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies. She has recently been named corresponding member of Spain’s Royal Academy of History.

Illustrations xiAcknowledgments xiiiIntroductionThe Other Voice 1Luisa de Carvajal’s Life Writings 6The World of the Spanish Nobility 13Early Childhood Reminiscences 17Adolescence and Penitential Discipline 25Spiritual Poetry 36The Sacred and the Profane in Carvajal’s Spiritual Poetry 41Correspondence 48Desire for Martyrdom in England 54Missionary Life in London 66A Roman Priest in Women’s Clothing 71The Traffic in Relics 78Circulating Her Life Story 91Luisa de Carvajal’s Afterlife 98Autobiography 111Selected Spiritual Poems 153Selected Correspondence 201Bibliography 351Index 365

"Luisa de Carvajal’s writings offer compelling accounts of the persecution of English recusants and insights into the political and diplomatic background to the pax hispanica. Her religious poetry and autobiographical writings, at once disturbing and powerful, vividly document a particular strand of women’s penitential piety. Without pathologizing Carvajal, Anne Cruz’s masterful introduction provides the essential literary and historical context for approaching this controversial would-be martyr."