| The Answer / La Respuesta (Expanded Edition): Including Sor Filotea's Letter and New Selected Poems Expanded Edition Contributor(s): de la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés (Author), Arenal, Electa (Translator), Powell, Amanda (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1558615989 ISBN-13: 9781558615984 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: "[The Answer] is eloquent, sardonic, learned and, particularly in its autobiographical part, of great freshness."--The Times Literary Supplement "One of the landmarks of Renaissance literature and . . . in the history of intellectual freedom. . . . This is essential reading."--Stephen Greenblatt, best-selling author and professor "Recommended for informed readers."--Library Journal Expanded to include fresh translations, an updated bibliography, and the letter that provoked the writing of The Answer, this new edition of the bilingual, critical bestseller provides the most accurate translations of works by the iconic seventeenth-century Mexican nun Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009009026 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Defiant writing by the first feminist of the Americas--the Mexican nun Sor Juana In s de la Cruz--in response to the church officials that tried to silence her. Known as the first feminist of the Americas, the Mexican nun Sor Juana In s de la Cruz enjoyed an international reputation as one of the great lyric poets and dramatists of her time. The Answer/La Respuesta (1691) is is Sor Juana's impassioned response to years of attempts by church officials to silence her. 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. This expanded, bilingual edition combines new research and perspectives on an inspired writer and thinker. 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. |