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Saint Teresa of Jesus is the most important modern model for feminine religiosity. Nevertheless, in her times, her actions and her persona were under the ecclesiastical hierarchy’s skeptical scrutiny. By means of an analysis of La vida de Santa Teresa de Jesus (1590) by Francisco [...]

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This article is the first part of a complete study of gracioso Capricho’s functions and characterization in the religious play El José de las mujeres. After discussing different methodological aspects on the approach to the study of the «gracioso» character in Golden Age studies, [...]