The Mystic of Tunja

"Madre Castillo was the second most famous nun of Spanish America, yet little research has been done on her in English. Kathryn McKnight fills this void with a work of superb scholarship, theoretical mastery, and elegant style. This is a much-needed text in the fields of spiritual autobiography, women's studies, and colonial Latin American history."—Nina M. Scott, coeditor of Breaking Boundaries: Latina Writing and Critical Readings