Overview
"Jerónima del Espíritu Santo tuvo la fortuna de recibir y tocar, una y otra vez, el corazón de las palabras". —Lorena Salazar Masso
Escrito en el Nuevo Reino de Granada a principios del siglo XVIII, Yo con mi rudeza reúne las páginas en que Jerónima del Espíritu Santo consignó sus experiencias espirituales por mandato de su confesor. Leído hoy, el texto excede con creces ese origen: es un documento excepcional de la escritura femenina colonial y, al mismo tiempo, una obra de singular intensidad literaria, en la que la vida interior se organiza en imágenes bellas, de precisión y extrañeza.
La presente edición, a cargo de María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, ofrece una nueva transcripción del manuscrito autógrafo y un aparato crítico que restituye su materialidad y su contexto. Esta recuperación permite reconocer en Jerónima una voz que, desde los márgenes, amplía los límites de la tradición.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"Jerónima del Espíritu Santo had the good fortune to receive and touch, time and again, the heart of words." — Lorena Salazar Masso
Written in the New Kingdom of Granada in the early 18th century, Me and My Rudeness brings together the pages in which Jerónima del Espíritu Santo recorded her spiritual experiences at the behest of her confessor. Read today, the text far exceeds that origin: it is an exceptional document of colonial women’s writing and, at the same time, a work of singular literary intensity, in which the inner life is organized into beautiful images, marked by precision and strangeness.
This edition, edited by María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, offers a new transcription of the autograph manuscript and a critical device that restores its materiality and context. This recovery allows us to recognize in Jerónima a voice that, from the sidelines, expands the boundaries of tradition.
Escrito en el Nuevo Reino de Granada a principios del siglo XVIII, Yo con mi rudeza reúne las páginas en que Jerónima del Espíritu Santo consignó sus experiencias espirituales por mandato de su confesor. Leído hoy, el texto excede con creces ese origen: es un documento excepcional de la escritura femenina colonial y, al mismo tiempo, una obra de singular intensidad literaria, en la que la vida interior se organiza en imágenes bellas, de precisión y extrañeza.
La presente edición, a cargo de María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, ofrece una nueva transcripción del manuscrito autógrafo y un aparato crítico que restituye su materialidad y su contexto. Esta recuperación permite reconocer en Jerónima una voz que, desde los márgenes, amplía los límites de la tradición.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"Jerónima del Espíritu Santo had the good fortune to receive and touch, time and again, the heart of words." — Lorena Salazar Masso
Written in the New Kingdom of Granada in the early 18th century, Me and My Rudeness brings together the pages in which Jerónima del Espíritu Santo recorded her spiritual experiences at the behest of her confessor. Read today, the text far exceeds that origin: it is an exceptional document of colonial women’s writing and, at the same time, a work of singular literary intensity, in which the inner life is organized into beautiful images, marked by precision and strangeness.
This edition, edited by María Piedad Quevedo Alvarado, offers a new transcription of the autograph manuscript and a critical device that restores its materiality and context. This recovery allows us to recognize in Jerónima a voice that, from the sidelines, expands the boundaries of tradition.
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