Unruly Women

Margaret E. Boyle is an associate professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Bowdoin College.

‘Unruly Women provides readers with enough valuable insights on early modern judicial and rehabilitative practices to make it well worth the read.’- Barbara Mujica (Modern Philology vol 112:04:2015) ‘Unruly Women deftly explores the relationships between historical recogidas and the fictional female protagonists of the comedia… It will be of interest to scholars and teachers of early modern theater, history, and women’s studies.’- Emily C. Francomano (Hispania vol 98:02:2015) ‘Unruly Women provides a strong foundation from which to build a more nuanced understanding of the engendering of early modern women’s roles and behaviors in Spain. This brief volume makes its argument with great clarity; it will be useful to both graduate students and scholars of early modern Spanish cultural studies.’- Stacey Schlau (Renaissance Quarterly vol 68:02:2015) "Margaret Boyle has produced a compelling study, based on the ingenious juxtaposition of the rise of custodial institutions and their interconnections with a thriving professional theater business that nurtured many "unruly" female performers, entrepreneurs, and audience members."- Elizabeth R. Wright (Seventeenth Century News, Volume 73:3&4, Fall/Winter 2015) ‘One of the latest in a series of excellent University of Toronto Press books on the social and cultural context of early modern Spanish Literature… Boyle’s work is well grounded in the body of recent scholarship that emphasizes women’s active and formative role in early modern Spanish Society.’- Jodi Campbell (Left History vol 20:01:2016) ‘Unruly Women offers a rich discussion of gendered rehabilitative practices and their performative dimensions, both on and off the stage in early modern Spain.’- Jane Bitomsky (Parergon vol 33:01:2016)

• IntroductionPart OneChapter 1: Gendering Recogimiento in Early Modern MadridI. Reforming Prostitutes: Madrid’s Magdalen HouseII. Reforming the Magdalen House: Madre Magdalena de San JerÓnimo’s galeraIII. Recogimiento as a Women’s PracticePart TwoChapter 2: Stage Widow in Pedro CalderÓn de la Barca’s La dama duendeChapter 3: Dramatizing Women’s Community in MarÍa de Zayas’s La traiciÓn en la amistadChapter 4: Women’s Exemplary Violence in Luis VÉlez de Guevara’s La serrana de la VeraConclusionEpilogueAppendix 1A Reason and Form of the Galera and Royal House (1608)Appendix 1B RazÓn y forma de la galera y casa real (1608)Appendix 2A Historical Compendium and Instructive Manifesto on the Origin and Foundation of the Royal House of St. Mary Magdalene of the Penitence, commonly known as the Recogidas of MadridAppendix 2B Compendio histÓrico, y manifiesto instructivo del origen, y fundaciÓn de la Real Casa de Santa MarÍa Magdalena de la Penitencia, vulgo las Recogidas de MadridWorks Cited