Title: The politics and poetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz /
Authors: Thomas, George Antony.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Juana Inés de la Cruz, Criticism and interpretation.; Mexican literature Criticism and interpretation.
Contents: Introduction: occasional nun: Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, early modern women's poetry, and the occasional mode -- The wedding preacher: celebrating the brides of Christ -- The poet of empire: imperial ceremony and Imitatio Horati -- The chronicler of self: flattery will get you somewhere -- The court advisor: queenship and kingship in occasional works -- Conclusion: the political aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz -- Appendix I: Sor Juana's occasional works.