{"product_id":"the-life-and-writings-of-luisa-de-carvajal-y-mendoza-29-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780772721563","title":"The Life and Writings of Luisa de Carvajal Y","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Luisa de Carvajal’s writings offer compelling accounts of the persecution of English recusants and insights into the political and diplomatic background to the \u003ci\u003epax hispanica\u003c\/i\u003e. Her religious poetry and autobiographical writings, at once disturbing and powerful, vividly document a particular strand of women’s penitential piety. Without pathologizing Carvajal, Anne Cruz’s masterful introduction provides the essential literary and historical context for approaching this controversial would-be martyr.\"\u003cbr\u003e   * Alison Weber, University of Virginia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations xi\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Other Voice 1\u003cbr\u003eLuisa de Carvajal’s Life Writings 6\u003cbr\u003eThe World of the Spanish Nobility 13\u003cbr\u003eEarly Childhood Reminiscences 17\u003cbr\u003eAdolescence and Penitential Discipline 25\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual Poetry 36\u003cbr\u003eThe Sacred and the Profane in Carvajal’s Spiritual Poetry 41\u003cbr\u003eCorrespondence 48\u003cbr\u003eDesire for Martyrdom in England 54\u003cbr\u003eMissionary Life in London 66\u003cbr\u003eA Roman Priest in Women’s Clothing 71\u003cbr\u003eThe Traffic in Relics 78\u003cbr\u003eCirculating Her Life Story 91\u003cbr\u003eLuisa de Carvajal’s Afterlife 98\u003cbr\u003eAutobiography 111\u003cbr\u003eSelected Spiritual Poems 153\u003cbr\u003eSelected Correspondence 201\u003cbr\u003eBibliography 351\u003cbr\u003eIndex 365","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404894282071,"sku":"9780772721563","price":40.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-and-writings-of-luisa-de-carvajal-y-mendoza-29-other-voice-in-early-modern-europe-the-toronto-9780772721563","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}