The Answer / La Respuesta (Expanded Edition): Including Sor Filotea's Letter and New Selected Poems

By Juana Inés de la Cruz, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Juana Inés de la Cruz

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558615989
• ISBN13: 9781558615984
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Bestest Answer Ever

The Answer/La Respuesta by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, is the best answer I have ever read. In the Answer to Sor Filotea de la Cruz, Sor/sister Juana Ines de la Cruz wrote her autobiography, in which she reveals her drive as a woman/human being. Her pursuit of -capital T- Truth gained her close friends and cunning enemies. She was way ahead of her own time. I recommend this book very much. I enjoyed it. WA

One of the best translations of Sor Juana's "Response."

One of the finest recent translations of Sor Juana's "Response." The authors have done an outstanding job of translating and annotating the text. A "must read" for any Sor Juana scholar.