Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works

by Juana Inés de la Cruz and Juana Inés de la Cruz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393241750
• ISBN13: 9780393241754
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"