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Defiant words of a brilliant mind, centuries ahead of her time.
Poems, Protest, and a Dream
Selected Writings
$34.76
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1997
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Summary
A bilingual edition of writings by Latin America’s finest baroque poet
Sor 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 passionate and subversive defense of the rights of women to study, to teach, and to write, it predates by almost a century and a half serious writings on any continent about the position and education of women.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447033 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140447032 |
| Author: | Juana Inés de la Cruz, Margaret Sayers Peden, Ilan Stavans |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1997 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 128mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics S. |
About The Author
Juana Inés de la Cruz
Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the author or editor of numerous books.
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