{"product_id":"9780198816829","title":"The Autos Sacramentales of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: Natural Philosophy and Sacramental Theology","description":"\u003cbr\u003eSor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651-1695) was the most significant literary figure of the colonial period in Spanish America.The \u003cem\u003eautos sacramentales\u003c\/em\u003e, or Eucharistic plays are some of her least studied, and most perplexing works. While one of them, \u003cem\u003eEl divino Narciso\u003c\/em\u003e, has received substantial scholarly attention, the other two,\u003cem\u003e El cetro de Jose\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEl martir del Sacramento, San Hermenegildo\u003c\/em\u003e, have been critically neglected in Sor Juana studies. This study presents a full-length analysis of all three plays, along with their \u003cem\u003eloas\u003c\/em\u003e, or the introductory pieces alongside which they were intended to be performed. Furthermore, the study seeks to place these works in their philosophical and cultural context by exploring their engagement both with orthodox Catholic sacramental theology, and the emergence of empiricism and the New Philosophy across the Hispanic world. \u003cp\u003eThe three sections of this book each present significant new readings of the three plays. The study of \u003cem\u003eEl divino Narciso\u003c\/em\u003e employs a previously little-known source to illuminate its Christological readings, as well as Sor Juana's engagement with notions of wit and conceptism. The analysis of \u003cem\u003eEl cetro\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ede Jose \u003c\/em\u003eexplores her presentation of different approaches to perception to emphasise the importance of both the material and the transcendent to a holistic understanding of the Sacraments. The final section, on \u003cem\u003eSan Hermenegildo\u003c\/em\u003e, explores the influence on the play of the Christianised Stoicism of Justus Lipsius, and demonstrates how Sor Juana used the work to attempt her most ambitious reconciliation of an empirical approach to natural philosophy and the material world with a Neostoic approach to Christian morality and orthodox Catholic sacramental theology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016551776496,"sku":"9780198816829","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198816829_p0.jpg?v=1763668179","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198816829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}