Sor Juana (1651 1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her
time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public
intellectual. Her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and
"the Phoenix of Mexico," names that continue to resonate. An
illegitimate child, self-taught intellectual, and court favorite,
she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during
the Spanish Golden Age.
This volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: "First
Dream," her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious
intellect and range, and "Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent
Sor Filotea de la Cruz," her epistolary feminist defense evocative
of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson of a woman's right to
study and to write. Thirty other works playful ballads,
extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from
an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor are also
included."
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