![]() ![]() It includes the fully annotated primary text responding to the church officials the letter that ultimately provoked the writing of The Answer an expanded selection of poems an updated bibliography and a new preface. This expanded, bilingual edition combines new research and perspectives on an inspired writer and thinker. While earlier translators have ignored Sor Juana's keen awareness of gender, this volume brings out her own emphasis and diction, and reveals the remarkable scholarship, subversiveness, and even humor she drew on in defense of her cause. The Answer/La Respuesta (1691) is is Sor Juana's impassioned response to years of attempts by church officials to silence her. Known as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric poets and dramatists of her time. ![]() Defiant writing by the first feminist of the Americasthe Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruzin response to the church officials that tried to silence her. In the Respuesta Sor Juana defends her right to devote to secular and artistic endeavors, such as the production of love poems and dramatic pieces, as well as. ![]()
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