Tradition, Rhetoric, and Propriety in Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz. Lilian Albertina Contreras-Silva Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 9998669 ___ ® UMI UMI Microform 9998669 Copyright 2001 by Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Dedication This work is dedicated to the three muses, Ana Julia, Julio Mario, and Raul Alberto, who have continuously amazed me by revealing to me the beauty behind reality. ii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Acknowledgments I would like to begin by acknowledging those professors who have guided my education from the very beginning: Doctors James Hardy, Carolyn Jones Medine, Kenneth Kitchell, J. Bainard Cowan, and J. Randolph LeBlanc have been instrumental in my development as a student, as a teacher, and as a person. Since my freshman year and throughout the whole of my college career (undergraduate, graduate, and otherwise), these individuals have provided me with sometimes applicable but always loving and unforgettable advice. Special thanks goes to my dissertation committee, Doctors Kate Jensen, Carolyn Jones Medine, James Hardy, Gale Carrithers, and (of course) J. Bainard Cowan, for guiding the process and giving me vital feedback. I sincerely thank Doctors Joseph Ricapito and Tamra Horton for their endless motivation and guidance. My heartfelt thanks goes to the L.S.U. Honors College for providing a home away from home. I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to Michelle Balan and Sandi Farrell for their constant support and affection. I would like to thank my younger siblings, Susana and Mark Towery, for their persistent and infinite love and succor. They have kept me afloat and in touch with reality at critical moments. My appreciation for my older siblings, Julia and Julio Contreras, is greater than can be expressed. The example they have set of perseverance, strength, and stability, has been one that has bolstered me during times of angst. My parents, Lilian and Julio Contreras, are too immense to be thanked appropriately. A whole dissertation would not be enough to express who they are, what they have achieved, and what they give. iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Table of Contents Dedication................................................................................................................... ii Acknowledgments....................................................................................................... iii Abstract.........................................................................................................................vi Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 The Baroque W orld........................................................................................18 Defining Baroque...............................................................................19 Counter Reformation.........................................................................34 Stylistic Concerns...............................................................................41 Baroque Spain and Its Colonies...................................................... 54 John Donne and His Baroque.......................................................... 59 2 Rhetoric at Play: The Innocence of Literature as Work........................... 66 Biography of a Nun........................................................................... 70 Sum m a.................................................................................................75 Lyric Works - the Secular and the Sacred.................................... 76 Sacred W orks................................................................................... 109 Autosy Loas ..................................................................................... 122 Prose and Dram............................................................................. a 127 A Profession for a Nun.................................................................... 130 3 Love Poetry: The Crafted Soul Through Lyric.......................................... 133 Writing for a Living: Artistic Awareness.................................... 134 The Weight of Favors: Patronage.................................................. 146 Love as a Curiosity........................................................................... 159 4 Sor Juana’s Participation in the Scholastic Tradition.............................. 171 In Self-defense ................................................................................. 172 Reading the Church Fathers on Sex.............................................. 192 5 Hagia Sophia'. The Feminine Face of Wisdom and V irtue....................... 211 The Perfection of M ary................................................................... 214 Mary as Sophia................................................................................. 229 The Power of “She” and the Sameness of “He”.......................... 239 Sor Juana in the Shadow of Mary................................................ 244 6 Speculum'. Mythical Role Models.............................................................. 253 tv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Querelle des Femmes...................................................................... 255 St Catherine of Alexandria.......................................................... 261 Mujeres Sabias ................................................................................ 273 Women of Courage.......................................................................... 282 Hombres Necios .............................................................................. 287 Conclusion................................................................................................................ 292 Bibliography............................................................................................................ 298 Vita .......................................................................................................................... 308 V Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction