The Divine Narcissus
- ISBN-10
- 0826319300
- ISBN-13
- 9780826319302
- Category
- Literary Criticism / Drama
- Pages
- 202
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Author
- Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz
Description
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, known as "The Tenth Muse" of America, has been widely anthologized as a poet, intellectual, and defender of women's rights. Her calling as a nun, often denigrated or overlooked, is clear in The Divine Narcissus, the finest extant example of the auto sacramental, a medieval genre similar to mystery plays.
Autos presented a blend of poetry, instrumental and choral music, dance and special effects and were intended to provide theological instruction to a broad audience. The Divine Narcissus is an allegory ostensibly written to explain Christian concepts to the Aztecs whose plight under colonization it also dramatizes. It reveals a scintillating display of sacred and secular knowledge.
Scholars and students will welcome this drama by America's first feminist in its original Spanish and first English translation.
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