Catalina de Erauso and her context -- History of reception and criticism -- Autobiographical parameters and classification -- Vida y sucesos and the picaresque -- Vida y sucesos and the chronicles -- Vida y sucesos and soldiers' narratives -- The autobiographical status of Vida y sucesos
Summary
This book examines Vida y sucesos de la Monja Alférez as a form of autobiography through a comparative study with early-modern secular life narratives. Two questions are addressed. How is Vida y sucesos similar to or different from picaresque novels, chronicles of the New World and soldiers' narratives? How are the similarities and differences between Vida y sucesos and these forms of writing related to theoretical parameters for an autobiography? This book argues that Vida y sucesos should be considered as a form of autobiography, with the understanding that autobiography is an intersubjectiv
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index
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