Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Chapter one Visible Signs: Reading the Wife’s Body in Early Modern Spain 1
6. Chapter two ‘‘Pasos de un peregrino’’: Luis de León Reads the Perfect Wife 48
7. Chapter three The Perfected Wife: Signs of Adultery and the Adultery of Signs in Calderón’s El médico de su honra 109
8. Chapter four Sor Juana’s Empeños: The Imperfect Wife 165
9. Conclusion: ‘‘Como anillo al dedo’’ 205
10. Notes 217
11. Bibliography 283
12. Index 299