Quill and cross in the borderlands: Sor María de Ágreda and the Lady in Blue, 1628 to the present

Introduction : a literary protomissionary in the borderlands -- Seventeenth-century spiritual travel to New Mexico : a miracle narrative in text -- Sor María's rise as mystical writer and protomissionary in early modern Spain -- "Como si fuera natural de México" : publication, reading...

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Main Author: Nogar, Anna M. 1977- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B María de Jesús, de Agreda 1602-1665 / New Mexico / Mysticism / Spiritualism / History 1628-2018
Further subjects:B Folklore (New Mexico)
B Nuns Folklore
B María de Jesús de Agreda, sor (1602-1665)
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Summary:Introduction : a literary protomissionary in the borderlands -- Seventeenth-century spiritual travel to New Mexico : a miracle narrative in text -- Sor María's rise as mystical writer and protomissionary in early modern Spain -- "Como si fuera natural de México" : publication, reading, and interpretation of Sor Mariưa's writing in colonial Mexico -- "Aquella voz de las conversiones" : writer and missionary on the new Spanish frontier -- Blue lady of lore : the lady in blue narrative and Sor María in the folklore of the American Southwest -- Sor María and the Lady in Blue in contemporary cultural imagination -- Conclusion : quill and cross in the borderlands
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0268102139