A Nest for the Soul: The Trope of Solitude in Three Early Modern Discalced Carmelite Nun-Poets.

For early modern Discalced Carmelite nun-poets, solitude remains tied to the paradoxical equation of life to death and death to life so famously parsed by St. Teresa. This essay examines poems by María de San Alberto (1568-1640), Ana de la Trinidad (1577-1613), and Gregoria Francisca de Santa Teresa...

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Published in:Scripta no. 7; pp. 132 - 150
Main Author: SCHLAU, STACEY
Format: Article
Published: Scripta 2016
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