María de Egipto y las egipciacas en algunos textos de la Edad Moderna

Abstract

The author analyzes some versions of the life or legend of Saint Mary of Egypt that were published in Spain (not only printed, but also staged or orally diffused) between the mid-Seventeenth and the early Nineteenth centuries, focusing mainly on the aspects that inscribe them in the social codifications of exemplarity and infamy.

Keywords

• Spanish Literature
• Seventeenth to Nineteenth centuries
• Saint Mary of Egypt
• hagiography
• Spanish Golden Age Drama
• chapbooks
• cordel literature