Research Catalog

Title

Poems, protest, and a dream : selected writings / Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz ; translated with notes by Margaret Sayers Peden ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.

Author

Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695

Publication

New York : Penguin Books, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Peden, Margaret Sayers
• Stavans, Ilan

Description

xlix, 254 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

"This en face annotated edition of selected writings of the Mexican poet includes the Respuesta to the Bishop of Puebla (1691) and a broad selection of her poetry and dramatic texts: nine love sonnets; segments from Primero sueño, Villancico VI to Saint Catherine, and Loa para el auto sacramental de el divino Narciso; and Leonor's speech from the play Los empeños de una casa. Peden's 'Translator's Note' explains her translation strategy of 'moving backwards' towards the poet's place and time, which skillfully captures the full flavor of the baroque past. Stavans' extensive 'Introduction' and 'Suggestions for Further Reading' provide orientation to Sor Juana's masterpieces and their social and intellectual contexts. Highly recommended for classroom and general use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Series Statement

Penguin classics

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English & Spanish. 1997
• Penguin classics

Alternative Title

Works. 1997

Subject

• Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sister, 1651-1695 > Translations into English
• Nuns' writings
• Nuns as authors > Latin America

Genre/Form

Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Response to the most illustrious poetess Sor Filotea de la Cruz -- First I dream -- Romances -- Redondillas -- Epigrams -- Decimas -- Sonnets -- Villancico -- Theater, sacred and profane: Loa for el divino Narciso ; Fragment from Los empenos de una casa.

ISBN

0140447032 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^96030638^

OCLC

• 35145809
• SCSB-11589262

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library