Mirzam C. Perez is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Spanish Literature at Grinnell College, where her research interests include Spanish drama, visual culture, transatlantic studies, and art. She lives in Grinnell, Iowa.
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Introduction 1. The Politics of Theater at the University of Salamanca 2. Performing Faith at the University of Salamanca: Lope de Vega's La limpieza no manchada 3. Mapping Faith at the University of Salamanca 4. Angela de Azevedo's Dicha y desdicha del juego y devoci??n de la Virgen: Writing for the Queen of the Earth 5. Spanish Mother to an American Daughter: The Virgin Mary in Moreto's Santa Rosa de Peru Conclusion Bibliography Index
"Through her examination of these three seventeenth-century plays about the Virgin Mary, Parez deftly illustrates contemporary arguments about religious doctrine, female leadership, and the challenge of maintaining an overseas empire. With all three comedias , Parez extends her analysis far beyond the plays to cast light on the workings of gender, religious iconography, and political authority in Hapsburg Spain." --Jodi Campbell, Associate Professor of History, Texas Christian University, and author of Monarchy, Political Culture, and Drama in Seventeenth-Century Madrid: Theater of Negotiation ...Perez's book is consistently engaging and enjoyable. It will be useful for readers interested in the three plays it analyses and it should prove informative for those keen to understand something of the religious culture of Golden-Age Spain... -- Roy Norton, Christ Church, Oxford -- Bulletin of Spanish Studies ... interesting and informative. -- Christopher D. Gascon, SUNY College at Cortland -- Renaissance Quarterly