{"product_id":"sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz-selected-works","title":"Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works Translated by Edith Grossman","description":"\u003cp\u003eSor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes Sor Juana's best-known works: \"First Dream,\" her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious intellect and range, and \"Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz,\" her epistolary feminist defense--evocative of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson--of a woman's right to study and to write. Thirty other works--playful ballads, extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor--are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer language is a lesson in speaking to the moment and to the centuries both, and Edith Grossman captures its suggestiveness with a calm elegance.\u003cstrong\u003e--Alberto Ríos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdith Grossman's contemporary translation renders the contemplations, rhymes, and drama of la Décima Musa ageless\u003cstrong\u003e--Ana Castillo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrossman [renders] Sor Juana's rhythmic gifts in smart and elegant measures.\u003cstrong\u003e-- \"Booklist\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSor Juana\u003c\/strong\u003e (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 works: \"First Dream,\" her longest poem and the one that showcases her prodigious intellect and range, and \"Response of the Poet to the Very Eminent Sor Filotea de la Cruz,\" her epistolary feminist defense--evocative of Mary Wollstonecraft and Emily Dickinson--of a woman's right to study and to write. Thirty other works--playful ballads, extraordinary sonnets, intimate poems of love, and a selection from an allegorical play with a distinctive New World flavor--are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed for her best-selling translations of Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa, \u003cstrong\u003eEdith Grossman\u003c\/strong\u003e (1936--2023) received many awards including the PEN\/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45748453343418,"sku":"9780393351880","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_bf92166c-ae0d-4c28-bedc-9bdc88f5f3e4.jpg?v=1775059837","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/sor-juana-ines-de-la-cruz-selected-works","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}