num_pages: 196
description: Drawing on rich new scholarship, this translation restores Sor Juana's own emphasis and diction. Known as the First Feminist of America, the Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648/51 - 1695) was a brilliant and popular poet, playwright, and essayist whose feminist theory stands as a link between that of Christine de Pizan and Mary Wollstonecraft in the struggle to establish the intellectual rights of women. Sor Juana's persistent defense of these rights brought her increasingly into conflict with church officials who wanted to silence her. The Answer (1691) is Sor Juana's culminating response to years of attacks. The introduction, bibliography, chronology, and complete Spanish texts of The Answer and nine poems make this volume the indispensable Sor Juana reader."One of the landmarks of Renaissance literature and an important document in the history of intellectual freedom.... Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand not only this remarkable woman but also the whole world in which she forged her identity."-Stephen Greenblatt, UCLA Berkeley* A 1995 PEN Center West Literary Translation Award Finalist ** Alternate of the Quality Paperback Book Club *Suggested for course use Feminist TheoryLatin American StudiesReligious HistoryWomen's history
language: English
title: The Answer/La Respuesta: Including a Selection of Poems
titlecomplete: The Answer/La Respuesta: Including a Selection of Poems (A Feminist Press Sourcebook)
genres: Classics, Feminism, History, Philosophy, Latin American, Spanish Literature, School, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 751
publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY