The Visions of Sor Mara de Agreda: Writing Knowledge and Power

Brand: University of Arizona Press

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UPC:
9780816514199
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
9/1/1994
Author:
Clark A. Colahan
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition (US) First Printing
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Sor Mara de Agreda (1602-65) was a Spanish nun and visionary who is best known as the author of the widely read biography of the Virgin Mary, The Mystical City of God, and as the missionary who bilocated to the American Southwest, reportedly appearing to Indians there without ever leaving Spain. Her role as advisor to King Philip IV contributed further to her legend. Clark Colahan now offers the first major study of Sor Mara's writings, including translations of two previously unpublished works: Face of the Earth and Map of the Spheres and the first half of her Report to Father Manero, in which she reflects on her bilocation.