More than Muses

A digital library of texts by Iberian Women from the Middle Ages through the Nineteenth Century

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A uma estrella

165 A uma estrela Como és belo, astro da noite, A mim volve a face pura, Um suspiro…

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Efigénia do Carvalhal

Defying all odds, Efigénia do Carvalhal is one of the most prolific self-taught women writers of her time,…

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Posted June 20, 2026

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More Than Muses and Professors Valerie Hegstrom, Anna-Lisa Halling, and Jeremy Browne were featured in the Spring 2025…

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Portrait of Inés Joyes y Blake

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Inés Joyes y Blake

Though her original published works are limited to Una apología de las mujeres and its prologue, both of which are adjoined to her translation of The History of Rasselas, Prince…

  • 1731 – 1808
  • Andalucía
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A uma estrella

165 A uma estrela Como és belo, astro da noite, A mim volve a face pura, Um suspiro d'esta espessura; Não te ofusques desdenhoso, Em teu céu, tão orgulhoso! Dá-me…

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