Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Occasional Nun: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Early Modern Women's Poetry, and the Occasional Mode -- 1 The Wedding Preacher: Celebrating the Brides of Christ -- 2 The Poet of Empire: Imperial Ceremony and Imitatio Horati -- 3 The Chronicler of Self: Flattery Will Get You Somewhere -- 4 The Court Advisor: Queenship and Kingship in Occasional Works -- Conclusion The Political Aesthetics of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Appendix Index of Occasional Verse -- Bibliography -- Index
