How Long to Read The Glories of Queretaro

How Long Does it Take to Read The Glories of Queretaro?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 40 minutes to read The Glories of Queretaro by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"Two exquisite arches . . . formed a canopy over a fluted shell supported by a pair of Persian caryatids. Beneath the shell, the Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe rested on her canopied throne. Steps covered in silk descended from the throne, and pennants of colored taffeta embellished the ensemble . . . . On the bottom step leading up to the throne knelt an exquisite young girl clad in indigenous finery who symbolized all of America, and, even more so, these Septentrional Provinces, called Anahuac in pagan days. Her hands bore a heart--the heart of all--and an incensory that dispensed fragrances and sweet aromas." So writes the preeminent seventeenth-century Mexican intellectual, Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora, in Glories of Queretaro (1680) of a float the Indians contributed to the festival inaugurating a church that honored the Virgin of Guadalupe. Glories of Queretaro (1680) chronicles the arduous process of founding the Ecclesiastical Congregation of Queretaro, which became colonial Mexico's second most important church dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe after the shrine in Tepeyac. Yet Glories is more than a chronicle--it holds keys to an era. In Siguenza's text, readers will find dynamic articulations of the spiritual, political, and cultural issues that to a significant extent drove colonial Mexico and even the Hispanic New World in general. Beyond the theology and cult to the Virgin of Guadalupe, they include: full-bodied accounts of New World festivals, the indigenous past and present, creole patriotism and cultural nationalism, colonial cities, evangelization, the tangles of New World religious and civil politics, and some touches of colonial satire. Queretaro itself holds particular interest as a contact zone and exceptionally multicultural city in which Indians and creoles lived side by side. Glories of Queretaro is the first critical edition, the first translation into any language of the text (the translation omits a few minor chapters), and only the second of Siguenza's works to be published in English. Geared to non-specialists, especially students, and to scholars alike, the edition aims to render Siguenza's extremely rich, intensely Baroque chronicle as alive and comprehensible as possible to English-speaking readers. Therefore, the volume has three parts: 1. the "Introduction: Glories of The Glories of Queretaro (1680)," a spirited guide to the cardinal topics, such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, that Glories treats, as well as to Siguenza's writings and agendas; 2. the translation and edition of the text, with notes that elucidate the terminology, references, and other potentially unfamiliar matters that so strikingly characterize Glories; 3. the "Afterword: Siguenza y Gongora's Cameos of Queretaro," an analysis of Queretaro and its representation in Glories. The volume also features original photographs of the church that Glorias chronicles, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stephanie Merrim is Royce Family Professor of Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies at Brown University. Her The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture was awarded the 2011 MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding work in Hispanic Studies. This book is "Serie de traducciones criticas, No 3."

How long is The Glories of Queretaro?

The Glories of Queretaro by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora is 100 pages long, and a total of 25,000 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Glories of Queretaro Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 16 minutes to read The Glories of Queretaro aloud.

What Reading Level is The Glories of Queretaro?

The Glories of Queretaro is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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