Research Catalog

Title

A wild country out in the garden : the spiritual journals of a Colonial Mexican nun / selected, edited, and translated by Kathleen A. Myers & Amanda Powell.

Author

María de San José, madre, 1656-1719.

Publication

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Myers, Kathleen Ann.
• Powell, Amanda.

Description

xxxv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

• "In Madre Maria's prose, a down-to-earth treatment of daily life both on a provincial hacienda and in a cloistered convent moves into passages rendering deep mystical absorption.
• As a charismatic woman living according to Counter Reformation guidelines in the New World, Maria de San Jose, through her writings, illuminates how class, race, gender - even birth order and convent prestige - helped shape the roles people played in society and the ways in which they contributed to community belief and identity."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• María de San José, madre, 1656-1719
• Augustinian Recollects > Mexico > History > 17th century
• Nuns > Mexico > Biography

Note

• Selections from the Oaxaca manuscript, codex 39-41, in the John Carter Brown Library.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-373) and index.

Contents

• Language and Style in the Translation of Maria De San Jose: Texts Woven of Speech, Reading, and Experience -- Pt. 1. Translated Selections. Pt. 1. (Vol. I). Early Life: Family, Spiritual Yearnings, and the Struggle to Enter the Convent (1656-1687). Pt. 2. (Vol. II). Entrance into the Convent of Saint Monica: First Years (1687-1696?). Pt. 3. (Vol. III). The Later Years at Saint Monica: Earthly Fears and Heavenly Favors (1693-1696). Pt. 4. (Vol. IV). A New Foundation: From Puebla to Oaxaca (1697-1704). Pt. 5. (Vol. VII). Family Portraits and Reports from the Convent of Our Lady of Solitude. Pt. 6. (Vol. IX). Visions and Daily Life (1705-1706). Pt. 7. (Vol. VI). Earthquakes and Prayer (1706-1708). Pt. 8. (Vol. VIII). Troubles with Nuns and Demons (1708). Pt. 9. (Vol. V). Collaboration and Complaint (1702-1710). Pt. 10. (Vol. XI). Involvement and Intercession at High Levels (1709-1717). Pt. 11. (Vol. XII). Doubts and Perseverance (1713).
• Pt. 12. (Vol. XI). Final Illnesses and the Publication of The Stations (1717) -- Pt. 2. Studies of Maria de San Jose's Life and Text. Ch. 1. Maria de San Jose's World. The Palacios-Berruecos Family and the Hacienda de Santa Cruz. Family Portraits. Religious Vocation and Family Relationships. Convent Life. Convent Politics. The Spiritual Journey. Ch. 2. Gender, Tradition, and Autobiographical Spiritual Writings. The Tradition of Women's Visionary Writings. Imitation, Models, and Training. Maria de San Jose and Her Confessors. Narrative and Rhetorical Strategies. Men's and Women's Vidas. App. A. A Chronology of the Volumes and of Maria de San Jose's Life -- App. B. The History of Maria de San Jose's Writing Career.

ISBN

0253335817 (cl. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99035077

OCLC

ocm41612384

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries