Alida PINION / The Thing on the books of Sor Juana
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The enigma of Sor Juana's books
By Alida PINION
The Testament of Lombeida father, found in AGN, indicates that she voluntarily sold his library. Was it or not then persecuted by the Church? The debate sorjuanistas
Last summer, Luis M. Villar, who is on an extensive biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cross at Dartmouth University in the U.S., had a meeting with Ken Ward bibliographer and he said that in the Archivo General de la Nacion of Mexico had an important document on the so-called Tenth Muse.
Ken Ward Villar told him that, when searching for information about Father Joseph Lombeida, accidentally ran into his will. Villar then turned the file to ascertain the existence. Copied it and shared it with three experts.
But only one of them answered the call, Mexico's Alejandro Soriano Vallés, who had just published an ambitious biography of the nun, Sor Juana Inés entitled Cross. Maid of the Word, which deepens, among several other things, the religious vein Phoenix call America.
In his will, dated July 15, 1695, José Lombeida states that "the mother Juana Inés de la Cruz" gave his library for the band. The data was revealing.
"I knew that Alexander would be very precise in interpretation and I was right, He has shown that Sor Juana was not the poor victim who would have us believe. And is that Sor Juana's poor have popularized a form so grotesque, they drew the convent and stripped of their Catholicism. Soriano is being undertaken to demonstrate that Sor Juana not pursued as all followers of Octavio Paz has argued since he published The Traps of Faith, which for me had to call 'The pitfalls of speculation', "Villar said in an interview .
According to Villar, the will reveals how Sor Juana decided to sell his books, he loved to help the poor and all people suffering from famine and diseases of his time.
Rotation history
"I always wondered what was the mechanism used to sell their books, because she could not leave the convent. Now we know that it's gave Lombeida. In paragraph 20 of that number will, the father says that he still had books of the nun who had died and were handed to Archbishop Francisco de Aguiar and Seixas. This paper provides a 180 degrees to what until now was known about it, "says Villar.
For Jorge Traslosheros, a specialist in legal and judicial culture of New Spain, studies have been done on Sor Juana has been on two streams of historiographical interpretation, which places it in historical context and from contemporary feminism.
"The effectiveness of work in history is measured by its ability to interpret the documents of an era within the context in which it develops. Herein lies the debate that has surrounded the figure of Sor Juana, because some have failed to do so, "he says.
In this sense, he adds, if the study and interpretation of Vallés Soriano could raise a new controversy is because it takes down the feminist vision and the vision of peace.
"This is not the first time that threatens the vision that has had on Sor Juana. Prior has polemics about the figure on women in the seventeenth century. As a specialist, I can say that it was untenable the view that the nun had been persecuted because they had sustained historiography.
"We now know that given the social crisis, she had to make a decision: get rid of what he loved most. It may be difficult to understand for us, because we do not conceive the idea of \u200b\u200bsacrifice. The donation follows the logic of a religious of the time. It is clear that a nun was consistent with his vocation, "says Jorge Traslosheros.
Alejandro Soriano Vallés explains that it is true that there are two positions, but only one truth. Although the will does not appear in the Maiden the Word, it was presented by Villar after the publication of his book, states that the document is an invitation to all scholars to delve into the figure of Sor Juana and to leave aside the myths that have built on it, and that itself was silenced and persecuted by the Church.
"What matters is what can be demonstrated and the document shows that Sor Juana had a religious vocation and that was due. This is not personal matter, we discuss the ideas and demonstrate things. For me I usually ignore (the sorjuanistas in Mexico), it is as if there were, but we to important documents so no matter what I say, no matter if they are interested in my interpretation. In all disciplines there are versions that are compared, hence, the truth. So should not be ignored, but to discuss with respect. "
The other view sorjuanista
To Sara Poot-Herrera, Ph.D. in English Literature from El Colegio de Mexico and teacher Department of English and Portuguese at the University of California, Santa Barbara, author Los stash of Sor Juana (UNAM, 1999), the nun is raising passions.
According Poot, the will of Father Jose Lombeida provides information on how Sor Juana gave his books. "The performances can not be thrown to the wastebasket, but for me, although we know the how, the document does not answer to why he donated his books. But of course it is a step towards the reconstruction of the moment, how wonderful that we are living this, surely Paz and Antonio Alatorre would have liked to see this.
"It's very possible that things happened as they say Lombeida, but we can not ignore the fact that a woman comes to freedom of thought, that was the genius of his time, did have problems because it is true that some people were against publish it after the Charter Atenágorica, why gave his books. Imagine now tell us that we must give up what we love, as we do, but there's a reason, "he said.
Buxó Dr. Jose Pascual, who has just published Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. The meaning and the lyrics, which brings together his most recent essays on the Tenth muse, says Soriano studies Vallés, in the Maid of the Word, responding to the defense of a Catholic vision and ensures that the persecution of Sor Juana is not a fact but only speculation.
"I met his other works, for me he is a person of great preparation and undoubted ability, but has, against the attitude of others, including myself, a sort of task rescue the good name of the Church of New Spain against the final problem of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a kind of eulogist of the Mexican Church. So their views are influenced by that attitude, " said.
THE UNIVERSAL sought the opinion of other renowned sorjuanistas to question their interpretation of the document, but no response. Some scholars warned that may render an opinion until he had reviewed the document that opens a new debate on the Tenth Muse.
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