La catedrática y miembro de BIESES, Anne J. Cruz, acaba de traducir y editar una selección de los escritos de la poeta y activista religiosa Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza en el libro The Life and Writings of Luisa de Carvajal y Mendoza.
“Luisa de Carvajal’s writings offer compelling accounts of the persecution of
English recusants and insights into the political and diplomatic background
to the pax hispanica. Her religious poetry and autobiographical writings, at
once disturbing and powerful, vividly document a particular strand of
women’s penitential piety. Without pathologizing Carvajal, Anne Cruz’s
masterful introduction provides the essential literary and historical context
for approaching this controversial would-be martyr.”
— Alison Weber, University of Virginia
