The Autos Sacramentales of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: Natural Philosophy and Sacramental Theology

by Alice Brooke

Sor Juana Ines 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 Jose and El martir del Sacramento, San Hermenegildo, have been critically neglected in Sor Juana studies. This study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198816820
• ISBN13: 9780198816829
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"