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A wild country out in the garden : the spiritual journals of a Colonial Mexican nun

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.

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Additional Authors
  • Myers, Kathleen Ann.
  • Powell, Amanda.
Description
xxxv, 386 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 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
  • María de San José, madre, 1656-1719
  • María de San José, 1656-1719
  • Augustinian Recollects > Mexico > History > 17th century
  • Augustinian Recollects
  • 1600-1699
  • 1650-1700
  • 1700-1750
  • Nuns > Mexico > Biography
  • 18.33 Spanish-American literature
  • Nuns
  • Mexico
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies.
  • History.
  • Biographies (form)
  • Translations (form)
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
  • 9780253335814
LCCN
99035077
OCLC
  • ocm41612384
  • 41612384
  • SCSB-962735
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library