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 rediscove
A bilingual edition of writings by Latin America's finest baroque poetSor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote her most famous prose work, La Respuesta a Sor Filotea, in 1691 in response to her bishop's injunction against her intellectual pursuits. A p
Sor Juana In&ecute;s de la Cruz (1648/51-1695), a Mexican nun, wrote this essay which is a defense of the right of women to be engaged in intellectual work. Her writings brought her into conflict with the Church.
