Editorial: Amsterdam University Press
Colección: Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
Número de páginas: 314 págs. 15.6 x 23.4 cm
Fecha de edición: 24-04-2023
EAN: 9789463727044
ISBN: 978-94-6372-704-4
Precio (sin IVA): 171,16 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 178,01 €
In this study of a polyphonic, transatlantic volume, the didactic framework of early modern fame is pushed to its limits as panegyrists inscribe the nun into an evolving world-view that could trade in the fictions of the saintly exemplar, the Tenth Muse or a New World treasure, but could not preserve a woman’s renown on the grounds of authorship. Only by making her legible could she vie for the promise of posthumous fame. In flushing out the machinations of Sor Juana’s role as agent of her own celebrity as well as the negotiations of her contemporaries, this book opens new lines of inquiry in the study of early modern fame and print culture and the role of writers, panegyrists and editors as cultural agents in the transatlantic literary relationship between Mexico and Spain.