Between Desire and Passion
Biographical note
Yonsoo Kim, Ph.D. (2006), Boston College, is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Purdue University. She has published a book, El saber femenino y el sufrimiento corporal... (Universidad de Córdoba Press, 2008), and articles on medicine and literature, and religious studies.
Readership
All interested in interdisciplinary studies (medicine and literature, history, gender studies, religious studies, and disability studies), and anyone interested in the medieval and early modern age of Europe.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements...ix
Introduction Mapping Teresa de Cartagena amongst European Women Writers...1
1. Writing to Survive and Heal: Teresa de Cartagena’s Life and Works...11
2. Writing with Traditional Discourses...35
3. Writing to Alleviate and Understand: First Part of Arboleda de los enfermos (Grove of the Infirm)...51
4. Writing to Instruct and Illuminate: Second Part of Arboleda de los enfermos (Grove of the Infirm)...83
5. Writing to Give Voice: Defense of Women...107
6. Writing with Irony: Defense of Woman’s Voice and Discourse in Admiraçión operum Dey (Wonder at the Works of God)...131
Appendix...159
Works Cited...163
Index...177
Introduction Mapping Teresa de Cartagena amongst European Women Writers...1
1. Writing to Survive and Heal: Teresa de Cartagena’s Life and Works...11
2. Writing with Traditional Discourses...35
3. Writing to Alleviate and Understand: First Part of Arboleda de los enfermos (Grove of the Infirm)...51
4. Writing to Instruct and Illuminate: Second Part of Arboleda de los enfermos (Grove of the Infirm)...83
5. Writing to Give Voice: Defense of Women...107
6. Writing with Irony: Defense of Woman’s Voice and Discourse in Admiraçión operum Dey (Wonder at the Works of God)...131
Appendix...159
Works Cited...163
Index...177
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