| A Wild Country Out in the Garden: The Spiritual Journals of a Colonial Mexican Nun Contributor(s): Myers, Kathleen Ann (Editor), Powell, Amanda (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253335817 ISBN-13: 9780253335814 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Madre Maria de San Jose (1656 - 1719) -- mystic, chronicler, and co-founder of an Augustinian convent -- inscribed her life story within the model of spiritual autobiography set by St. Augustine and Teresa of Avila, but at the same time included her individual story as a seventeenth-century woman of the landowning classes in New Spain. The resulting manuscript records in intimate detail her family life, convent surroundings, and social milieu; it introduces us to a combative and engaging person and gives us a rare and vivid glimpse of a complex society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christianity - History - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99035077 |
| Physical Information: 1.46" H x 6.41" W x 9.49" (1.70 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Mexican - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Madre Maria de San Jose (1656 - 1719)--mystic, chronicler, and co-founder of an Augustinian convent--inscribed her life story within the model of spiritual autobiography set by St. Augustine and Teresa of Avila, but at the same time included her individual story as a seventeenth-century woman of the landowning classes in New Spain. The resulting manuscript records in intimate detail her family life, convent surroundings, and social milieu; it introduces us to a combative and engaging person and gives us a rare and vivid glimpse of a complex society. |