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A Sor Juana Anthology
Juana Inés de La Cruz
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Description for A Sor Juana Anthology
Paperback. Translator(s): Trueblood, Alan S. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Here is a new voice-new to us-reaching across a gap of three hundred years. Sor (Sister) Juana Ines de la Cruz was acclaimed in her time as Phoenix of Mexico, America's Tenth Muse ; a generation later she was forgotten. In our century she was rediscovered, her works were reissued, and she is now considered one of the finest Hispanic poets of the seventeenth century. She deserves to be known to English-speaking readers for another reason as well: she speaks directly to our concern for the freedom of women to realize themselves artistically and intellectually. Her ... Read more
Here is a new voice-new to us-reaching across a gap of three hundred years. Sor (Sister) Juana Ines de la Cruz was acclaimed in her time as Phoenix of Mexico, America's Tenth Muse ; a generation later she was forgotten. In our century she was rediscovered, her works were reissued, and she is now considered one of the finest Hispanic poets of the seventeenth century. She deserves to be known to English-speaking readers for another reason as well: she speaks directly to our concern for the freedom of women to realize themselves artistically and intellectually. Her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
Weight
354 g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674821217
SKU
V9780674821217
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About Juana Inés de La Cruz
Alan S. Trueblood was Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature at Brown University. Octavio Paz was the author of more than forty volumes of poetry and prose.
Reviews for A Sor Juana Anthology
A selection of the Mexican nun's work in excellent versions by Alan Trueblood. It successfully reflects the versatility of Sor Juana, whose styles range from spirited popular lyrics, some incorporating snatches of Nahuatl or Afro-Spanish refrains, to the learned conceits of her full-blown Gongorist manner.
Edwin Williamson London Review of Books [Trueblood] is astonishingly successful at rendering Sor Juana's ... Read more
Edwin Williamson London Review of Books [Trueblood] is astonishingly successful at rendering Sor Juana's ... Read more