Research Catalog

Title

The autos sacramentales of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz : natural philosophy and sacramental theology / Alice Brooke.

Author

Brooke, Alice, 1986-

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

180 pages : illustration; 23 cm.

Summary

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) was the most significant literary figure of the colonial period in Spanish America. 'The autos sacramentales', or Eucharistic plays are some of her least studied, and most perplexing works. While one of them, El divino Narciso, has received substantial scholarly attention, the other two, El cetro de José and El mártir del Sacramento, San Hermenegildo, have been critically neglected in Sor Juana studies. This study presents a full-length analysis of all three plays, along with their loas, or the introductory pieces alongside which they were intended to be performed. Furthermore, the study seeks to place these works in their philosophical and cultural context by exploring their engagement both with orthodox Catholic sacramental theology, and the emergence of empiricism and the New Philosophy across the Hispanic world.

Series Statement

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs

Uniform Title

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.

Subjects

• Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695
• Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695 > Criticism and interpretation
• Sacramentals
• Rites and ceremonies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in electronic format.

Contents

1. Divine Reflections: The Wit of El divino Narciso -- 2. Bread of Heaven: Types and Figures in El ectro de Jose -- 3. Constant Prince: Neostoicism and the New Philosophy in El martir del sacramento, San Hermenegildo.

Call Number

JFD 18-4601

ISBN

• 9780198816829
• 0198816820

LCCN

2017951799

OCLC

1000120905

Author

Brooke, Alice, 1986- author.

Title

The autos sacramentales of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz : natural philosophy and sacramental theology / Alice Brooke.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Women

Britons

Series

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs

Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.

Additional Formats

Also available in electronic format.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.

Connect to:

Available to Stanford-affiliated users.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Brooke, Alice, 1986- Autos sacramentales of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780192548788 (OCoLC)1030037316

Research Call Number

JFD 18-4601