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María Gertrudis Hore

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María Gertrudis Hore (1742–1801) was a Spanish poet.

Life and career

She began as a socialite of Irish immigrant parents. In 1762 she married and then sixteen years after that she became a nun. In the convent she wrote poetry and became known as the "Daughter of the Sun" for her renown. Friendship among women is a theme in some of her works.[1] She has also been described as self-referential and, despite being a nun, occasionally erotic in poetry. Additionally she has been of interest as a woman who produced Spanish Enlightenment literature, although some of her work is more similar to Romanticism.[2]

Notable work

A poet in search of freedom and Maria Gertrudis Hore Law (1742-1801)

References

  1. ^ Ulrich L. Lehner (21 November 2017). Women, Enlightenment and Catholicism: A Transnational Biographical History. Taylor & Francis. pp. 125–140. ISBN 978-1-351-34415-9.
  2. ^ Janet Pérez; Maureen Ihrie (2002). The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature: A-M. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-313-32444-4.