Writing in the Cloisters
Writing in the Cloisters
This chapter examines the writings of nuns in colonial Mexico. It describes some significant features of the circumstances that encouraged writing among nuns and several of the diverse forms of expression it adopted. It explains that literacy was an essential part of convent life and that aside from personal diaries the nuns also wrote plays, poems, and articles about history. This chapter presents insights on faith, doubt, observance, daily life, and the nature of piety practiced throughout the colonial period provided by the works of the nuns.
Keywords: nuns, writings, colonial Mexico, convent life, literacy, plays, poems, faith, doubt, daily life
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